<P>1 What Is ISO 9000 and Why Is It Needed?
Development of Standards
How Was ISO 9000 Developed?
International Aspects of ISO 9000
The ISO Forum
ISO Adoption
International Standards Application
Regulation of Products for Sale in the European
Community
ISO/IEC Guide 25
European C om m unity Product Safety and Liability Directives Quality System Registration
European Accreditation of Certification
European Organization for Testing and Certification
The European Organization for Quality
The European Committee for Quality System s and Certification
European Network for Quality Systems Assessment and Certification
Agreements between the European Community and Other European Countries
The ISO 9000 Standard and Non-European Countries
ISO 9000 Standards for the United States
Benefits vs. Cost of ISO 9000
Selecting the Registrar
Costs of Registration
The Role of Consultants in ISO 9000 Registration
2 Quality Concepts Contributing to the ISO Standard
History of Quality Control Systems
Quality in a Craft Society
Quality in the Mill
Beginnings of Quality Control
The Quality Improvement Era
Aspects of ISO 9000 Implementation
Quality Cost
Quality as a System
Product Design
Quality Culture
Total Quality Control: The Ishikawa Approach
What Is Quality Control?
The Quality Thought Revolution
Knowing True Quality
Expressing the Quality
The Quality Circle
Why Did Zero Defects Fail?
Financial, Performance, and Quality Audits: A Comparison of Similar Approaches
ISO 9000 and Management by Objectives
3 Applying the Quality Sciences to ISO 9000
How Does Quality Apply?
Quality in Business
Quality Organization
Business Modeling
Inputs
Transformation
Output
Quality Organization as the Feedback Measure
Defining the Service
Service Analysis: A Telemarketing Example
Dilemma of Inexact Definitions
Risk Evaluation Criteria
Characteristic Parameters
Application
Defining the Process
Organizational Chart
Procedural Flow Diagrams
Procedural Analysis
Procedural Row Diagrams and ISO 9000
Problem Solving
Inspection and Testing, Calibration, and Quality Records
Inspection and Testing
Calibration
Quality Records
Management Responsibility, Auditing, Corrective and Preventive Action
4 Quality Beyond ISO 9000
Common Issues
Problems in Implementing Quality Theory
Terminology
Comments on Quality Standards
Standard for Total Quality Management
0 Introduction
1 Scope, Purpose, and Application
2 Normative References
3 Definitions
4 Management Leadership
5 Quality Information System and Results
6 Utilization of People
7 Customer Needs Identification
8 Service, Process, and Product Development
9 Operations
10 Quality Improvement
Index.</P>