International Standard
Organization
ISO 9000 series tells suppliers
and manufacturers what is required of a quality-oriented system. It does not
set out extra special requirements which only a very few firms need to comply
with, but is a practical standard for Quality Systems which can be used by all
Indian organizations. These standards have been adopted in as many as 90
countries. India is one amongst such countries, adopting ISO 9000 standards.
The equivalent Indian, British and European standards are:
` INDIA - IS 14000
BRITISH
- BS 5750
EUROPEAN
- EN 29000
A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN HERE TO THE
INDIAN CONTEXT
ISO9000:-Quality management and
Quality assurance standards -- Guide lines for selection and use.
ISO9001:-Quality
Systems -- Model for Quality Assurance in Design/development, Production,
Installation and Servicing.
ISO9002:-Quality
Systems -- Model for Quality Assurance of in production and installation.
ISO9003:-Quality
Systems -- Model for Quality Assurance in Final Inspection and Test.
ISO9004:-Quality
Management Quality Systems Elements -- Guidelines.
EQUIVALENT QUALITY SYSTEM STANDARDS
|
ISO |
IS (Indian Standards) |
EN (European Norms) |
TITLE |
|
9000 |
14000 |
29000 |
Quality Management & Quality Assurance Standards-- Selection & use. |
|
9001 |
14001 |
29001 |
Model for Quality Assurance in Design/Development, Production, Installation and Servicing--all elements. |
|
9002 |
14002 |
29002 |
Model for Quality Assurance in Production & Installation. |
|
9003 |
14003 |
29003 |
Model for Quality Assurance in Final Inspection & Tests. |
|
9004 |
14004 |
29004 |
Guidelines and development of Quality Management Systems to minimize cost & maximize benefits. |
Gate-way to register with ISO-9000 Series:
ISO9000 Registration means the certification of a company's Quality
Management System (QMS) by third party through their procedure of registration.
Third party assessment bodies can be used to assess any required standard. The
parts of ISO 9000 Standard, which specify requirements against which
assessments can be made, are ISO 9001, ISO 9002 and ISO 9003. This is generally
done by having an accredited independent third party on site audit of companies
operations against the requirements of the appropriate standard. Upon
successful completion of this audit, the company will receive a registration
certificate that identifies the company's quality systems as being in
compliance with ISO 9001, 9002, 9003. The company will also listed in a
register maintained by the accredited third party registration organization.
The company can publicize the registration and use the third party registration
certification mark on advertising, letterheads and other publicity materials
(but not on products).
THE POPULAR CERTIFICATION
BODIES IN INDIA ARE :
1.
Bureau of
Indian standards
2.
BVQ, UK
3.
RBA, USA
4.
RRWTUV,
Germany
5.
Australian
Body
STEPS TO ISO 9000 CERTIFICATION
Indian Standard’s
Institution
Application to obtain ISI is been
submitted with the organization of Indian Standard Institute in a requisite
format. To peruse the mark applicant has to fulfill the following formalities:
a)
unit must
have the specific testing procedures and apparatus.
b)
Every
specimen must clarify the quality tests (as per the standards declared by the
institute).
c)
Applicant
must provide consent to the institutional authorities to test the product and
regarding the fees.
d)
This license is
valid up to one year, but can be renewed consecutively.
Q mark
Laghu Udhyog Nigam and other
quality control testing laboratories provide the Q mark. These testing
laboratories provide quality control test facility for raw material and
produced goods. Q mark is recognized by the State Government and accepted
Industrial and Financial Department, Other Departments like Excise, PWD,
P&T, NTPC, and BHEL etc.
Agmark
The Directorate of Marketing &
Inspection provides Agmark it is awarded to the agricultural and
agricultural based products for domestic market there is no need for Agmark,
but for exporters this is compulsory to obtain the certificate.
Pollution control
The NOC to start the production
unit is obtained from the pollution control board. Only 102 listed companies
are exempted for this procedure and 503 listed units have to apply for the
procedure but this is not necessary to fetch the certificate. Rest of the units
has to obtain the certificate for water & air pollution as per the board's
regulation. Applicant has to submit the following documents.
(a) Unit's plan layout
(b) Site plan
(c) Project report
(d) Promoter's name & address
(e) Copy of temporary registration with DIC
(f) Process flowchart
(g) Plan layout for waist water drainage and
near-by city drainage arrangement air pollution control arrangement
(h) Planning to treat the waist water and
polluted air
(i)
Topographical
map for air pollution control
(j) Demand draft of full fee amount requisite
for NOC.
After submitting the above said
document, office of the board enquires the unit and the certificate is granted
for the period of one year, the certificate is renewable.
BAR
CODES: -
Automatic
identification systems, also known as bar-coders, identify products using
machine-readable binary codes. Bar-code technology allows faster, more accurate
data entry, better document tracking, reduced inventory costs, and increased
sales. Bar codes are the printed patterns of lines, spaces, and numerals you
see today on most packaged products. Bar codes are as useful to the manufacturer
as they are to the retailer. The purpose is the same: to keep an accurate,
current count of inventory items as they move past a scanner. In manufacturing,
employees completing a step in the production process would typically pass the
light wand over the bar codes that represent their employee number, the
production process number, product (piece) number, and the quantity. This
replaces manual inventory record keeping as well as manual employee
timekeeping. Many companies begin using bar coding for inventory, then find
applications to replace time clocks, record-billing time, manage assets, and
other accounting activities.