What is ISO?

ISO is the acronym  for International Organization for Standardization . This is the  International Organization for Standardization , and is dedicated to creating standards to ensure quality, safety and efficiency of products and services. They are called ISO .

The  International Organization for Standardization is currently present in 195 countries and is a non – governmental and independent organization. Currently there are more than 20,000 written standards covering all industries, from technology and food security, to agriculture and health.

ISO standards are there long?

The ISO organization was founded in 1926 as International Federation of National Standardization (ISA). During World War II, he was temporarily suspended. After the war state, the United Nations proposed the reestablishment of an organization of standardization through the Coordinating Committee of Standards of the United Nations.

In 1946, representatives of 25 countries met in London. They were intended to facilitate the coordination of industry standards through international unification. It was during this meeting that laid the groundwork for what would end up knowing as ISO. Finally, the organization was officially founded on February 23, 1947.

Where is the headquarters of the ISO?

ISO headquarters is currently located in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in 195 countries.

ISO member countries

ISO organization has 163 members divided into three categories: body, correspondents and subscribers.

• Body: National Bodies that are considered the ultimate representation of the country and only members of the organization with voting rights.
• Correspondents: These members do not have their own standards organization in their country. ISO standards operating in these countries but do not participate in the creation of these standards.
• Subscribers: They are smaller countries, who pay quotas in order to continue the development of standards.

How the ISO organization funded?

ISO is financed through other organizations have experts to provide technical work, subscriptions member bodies and selling standards.

ISO standards and different types

ISO 9001

The ISO 9001 writes the standards of a System Quality Management.  It does so by guides and tools that ensure the quality of products and services businesses. All types of businesses, from SMEs to large companies, can be certified with ISO 9001, regardless of economic activity.

The certificate ISO 9001 is customer focused. Also it encourages all workers certified company and impacts the direction, achieving continuous learning and improvement .

Benefits of ISO 9001

The implementation of ISO 9001 by the company means great benefits:

• Structural benefits that will become economic benefits;
• Power participation of senior management of the company;
• confidence to our customers is generated.

ISO 22000

The ISO 22000 focuses on health and food safety . This international standard sets requirements that companies must be involved in the chain of food production, from the company that prepares the food product itself to preparing packaging for transport.

Benefits of the standard ISO 22000