ISO

ISO

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) as the name implies it’s an independent international organisation, develops International Standards, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, but they are not involved in the ISO certification and do not issue ISO certificates. External certification bodies in India perform the ISO certification process.In this article we will look at ISO Certification process in detail.
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Advantages of ISO Certification

  • International credibility: ISO Certification plays a vital role in helping the organisation to build credibility in overseas business.
  • Customer Satisfaction: ISO standards are intended to make organisations to serve their customers in a better way that would simultaneously increase customers’ satisfaction
  • Government Tenders: ISO Certification is quite essential to bid for Government Tenders.
  • Business Efficiency: Functional efficiency of organisations is improved by obtaining ISO Certification. SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) and work instructions can be developed with the help of ISO Certification Agency. Implementation of ISO in an organisation manages the resources efficiently.
  • Product Quality: By obtaining ISO Certification, the product quality matches up the international standards, it will reduce the risk of product order rejections that may occur due to the flawed products.
  • Marketability: ISO Certification improves the business credibility, and it helps the business marketing directly.

ISO Certification Processing Time

ISO certification processing time also varies from organisation to organisation. The ISO certification body will notify the details processing time for completion of ISO certification after assessing the size of an organisation.

Selecting the Type of ISO Certification

First of all, the entrepreneur needs to choose the type of ISO certification required for the business. There are various types of ISO certification are available such as listed below:

  • ISO 9001:2008- Quality Management System
  • OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health & Safety Management System
  • ISO 37001 – Anti-bribery management systems
  • ISO 31000 – Risk Management
  • ISO 27001 – Information Security Management System
  • ISO 10002 – Compliant Management System
  • ISO 14001:2015 – Environment Management System
  • ISO 26000 – Social Responsibility
  • ISO 28000 – Security Management
  • ISO 22008 – Food Safety Management
  • SA 8000 – Social accountability
  • EnMS EN 16001 ISO 50001 – Energy Management
  • SO/IEC 17025 – Testing and calibration laboratories
  • SO 13485 – Medical devices
  • ISO 639 – Language codes
  • ISO 4217 – Currency codes
  • ISO 3166 – Country codes
  • ISO 8601 – Date and time format
  • ISO 20121 – Sustainable events
  • SO/IEC 27001 – Information security management