ISO Management Systems Magazine Database on CD-ROM
ISO Management Systems articles on ISO Web site
Twenty-eight issues of ISO Management Systems, the unique magazine giving a worldwide overview of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and other global business standards developed by ISO, are now available on a single CD-ROM.
The ISO Management Systems Magazine Database includes the complete collection in both English and French of the 430 articles that appeared in the magazine in the 28 issues from the first September-October 2001 issue up to and including the March-April 2006 issue.
“This means that new subscribers can share in the know-how and knowledge already provided,” says ISO in its introduction to the product, under the headline of “Concentrated ISO Power!” adding, “Both new and existing readers will benefit from the distillation of this information into an electronic, searchable format that they can pop into a briefcase and consult on a computer anywhere in the world.”
ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden commented: “ISO not only develops standards to help businesses meet the challenges of global markets, but also facilitates their implementation of these standards through communication tools like ISO Management Systems."
Directory of accreditation and certification bodies
ISO does not carry out accreditation or certification, but as an information service, it publishes an online Directory of ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 accreditation and certification bodies. This directory lists by country and with full contact details hundreds of certification bodies and the accreditation bodies that approve them.The accreditation bodies are those that belong to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), an international association that represents the national accreditation bodies set up in many countries to verify the competence of certification bodies. The certification bodies are those are accredited by IAF members.