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Certifications and Standards
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International Standards Organization (ISO)
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries,
on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat
in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
ISO is a non-governmental organization: its members are not,
as is the case in the United Nations system, delegations of national
governments. Nevertheless, ISO occupies a special position between
the public and private sectors. This is because, on the one hand,
many of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure
of their countries, or are mandated by their government. On the
other hand, other members have their roots uniquely in the private
sector, having been set up by national partnerships of industry
associations.
Therefore, ISO is able to act as a bridging organization in which
a consensus can be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements
of business and the broader needs of society, such as the needs
of stakeholder groups like consumers and users. http://www.iso.org.
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American Society for Quality (ASQ)
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world’s leading
authority on quality since 1946. The 104,000-member professional
association creates better workplaces and communities worldwide
by advancing learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange
to improve business results. By making quality a global priority,
an organizational imperative, and a personal ethic, ASQ becomes
the community for everyone who seeks technology, concepts, or tools
to improve themselves and their world. http://www.asq.org.
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Coordinating Agency for Supplier Evaluation
C.A.S.E. is a Nonprofit Coalition of Industrial Companies dedicated
to: Exchanging and Publishing Non-Prejudicial Supplier Data; Reducing
the Proliferation of Redundant Supplier Assessments; Reducing Supplier
Management Costs. C.A.S.E. is governed by a Statement of Principles
and Bylaws, Their goal is to provide data with which you can make
informed supplier selections. http://www.caseinc.org/.
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American National Standards Institute
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private,
non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates
the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.
The Institute's mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness
of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and
facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment
systems, and safeguarding their integrity. http://www.ansi.org/.
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