ISO Management Systems
May - June 2006

Food safety

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ISO 22000 - from intent to implementation

How close is the intent of ISO 22000:2005 and its implementation by users? An expert who took part in its design and development has reviewed feedback from early users and gives some pointers to tackling the issues they raise.

View point

How standards nurture innovation in the cold light of dawn

ISO President, Prof. Masami TanakaISO President, Professor Masami Tanaka, writes: “Many a flash of inspiration, many a hot, new idea, when examined in the cold light of dawn is found to face serious practical barriers to their implementation.” ISO’s speciality, he continues, is developing standards that provide the link between creative ideas and practical implementation as manufacturable and marketable products.

ISO Insider

• Help for small businesses to implement ISO management system standards
• From farm to fork – ISO 22005 to systemize traceability of food and feed
• ISO/IEC 20000 benchmarks provision of IT service management
• ISO/IEC standard for assessing quality of e-learning
• Can you trust them? ISO standard for sizing up personal financial planners
• ISO’s work on water services presented at World Water Forum

International

• Do consumers really care about ISO 9001 certification?

This article presents the results of one of the few surveys carried out by a professional market research organization to uncover just what consumers know or care about ISO 9000.

• World’s biggest oil company uses ISO 9001:2000 in giant SAP roll-out

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, placed its confidence in ISO 9001:2000 to provide a backbone for supporting the deployment of a massive SAP enterprise resource planning programme.

• Globalization and ISO 14001 – trading up or trading down?

Does globalization spur a “race to the bottom”, in which countries relax their environmental regulations in pursuit of foreign trade?

• ISO 14000 in China’s Green March to environmental management

By 2005, nearly 13 000 Chinese organizations had achieved ISO 14001 certification.

• How to implement an ISO/IEC 27001 information security management system

Experts who developed ISO/IEC 27001 give advice on how to achieve its benefits.

Standards for services

After slow start, pace picks up in Germany

The momentum to develop service standards has now built up in Germany and puts the country among the leaders in the field.