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ISO MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS magazine

January-February 2009 issue

Latest ISO press releases

New edition of ISO brochure on getting the best out of ISO 9000 family

ISO has just published an attractive new paper edition of its popular brochure of advice for managers, Selection and use of the ISO 9000 family of standards. The brochure includes concise examples of the integrated use of ISO 9000 family standards in the following manufacturing or service organizations:

• A metal parts fabricating company
• A welfare agency
• An electrical appliance manufacturer
• A chemical processing company
• A firm of international lawyers
• A computer software developer
• A bank
• A franchise organization

Selection and use of ISO 9000 family of standards

New ISO standard will facilitate implementation of ISO 14000 series in 12 languages

A newly revised ISO standard will facilitate even further the application of the ISO 14000 series on environmental management. By establishing a common vocabulary, the standard will ensure the effectiveness of communication, key for the implementation and operation of environmental management systems (EMS).

This third edition of ISO 14050:2009, Environmental management – Vocabulary has been fully updated to include the latest developments in the field. The standard now provides clear and concise definitions of all concepts and terms used throughout the ISO 14000 series in the three official ISO languages, English, French and Russian, as well as in Arabic and Spanish. The standard also provides equivalent terms in Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Swedish.

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Special Report: ISO/IEC 27001 for SMEs

Although many large organizations have been quick to see the benefits of ISO/IEC 27001:2005 – the information security management system standard – many SMEs have been slow adopters because of a lack of basic advice in its implementation. This will change with development of a new ISO handbook to demystify the process, due for publication in 2009.

ISO/IEC 27001:2005, Information technology – Security techniques – Information security management systems – Requirements, is one of a family of information security management systems (ISMS) standards for use by all organizations regardless of size and sector.

ISO Insider

ISO publishes new edition of ISO 9001
ISO launches video clip : “The ISO 9000 family – Global management standards”
ISO 50001 – future management system standard for energy
How ISO contributes to a sustainable world
ISO Guide will help reduce environmental impacts of products
Material flow cost accounting with ISO 14051

International

The “Big D” becomes the “Green D”
Dallas is largely known across the globe for being big… big money, big business, and big hair (the hair styles made famous by the Dallas TV series)…and is appropriately nicknamed, “Big D”. However, the “Big D” is now known as “Green D” as a result of a three-year ISO 14001 implementation and certification programme across all major city departments, a first in any US municipal organization.

Isle of Man Ship Registry – anchored to ISO 9001
ISO 22000 helps India’s Akshaya Patra Foundation feed a million needy children daily
Case studies show value of ISO/IEC 27001 conformity

Standards for Services

European initiatives for sheltered housing and airport security

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Product news

ISO video clip: "The ISO 9000 family – Global management standards

ISO has produced a video clip in which users share their perspectives on earlier ISO 9001 editions and other standards in the ISO 9000 family which has become the global benchmark for quality management systems.

The ISO 9000 family – Global management standards takes the form of a fictional television business news report on ISO 9000 in which real users speak from their personal experience in the varied contexts of multinational industry, a humanitarian aid organization and a police department, which ISO says underlines the combination of flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness of the ISO 9000 approach.

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Roger Frost
E-mail: isomanagementsystems@iso.org

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