TC 176
Quality management and quality assurance
- Secretariat: SCC
- Secretary: Mr. Marc Mitchell
- Chairperson: Dr Gary Cort (Canada) until end 2013
- Creation date: 1979
- Work programme
(drafts and new work items of TC 176)
Scope:
Standardization in the field of quality management (generic quality management systems and supporting technologies), as well as quality management standardization in specific sectors at the request of the affected sector and the ISO Technical Management Board.
Note :
ISO/TC 176 is also entrusted with an advisory function to all ISO and IEC technical committees to ensure the integrity of the generic quality system standards and the effective implementation of the ISO/IEC sector policy on quality management systems deliverables.
| Total number of published ISO standards related to the TC and its SCs: | 21 |
| Number of published ISO standards under the direct responsibility of TC 176: | 1 |
| Participating countries: | 80 |
| Observing countries: | 24 |
ISO committees in liaison:
JTC 1/SC 7, JTC 1/SC 36, TC 22, TC 46/SC 11, TC 69, TC 207, TC 210
IEC committees in liaison:
IEC/IECQ-CMC, IEC/TC 56
Organizations in liaison:
AKMS, ASQ, CI, CLEPA, EAQUALS, EC, EOQ, FIDIC, IAEA, IAF, ILAC, INLAC, IPC, IQNet, ITC, QuEST, SEMATECH, WASPaLM, WHO
Subcommittees/Working Groups:
| Subcommittee/Working Group | Title |
|---|---|
| TC 176/CAG 2 |
SPTF: Strategic Planning Task Force The convener can be reached through the secretariat |
| TC 176/CAG |
Chairman's Advisory Group The convener can be reached through the secretariat |
| TC 176/TG |
Portfolio Management The convener can be reached through the secretariat |
| TC 176/SC 1 | Concepts and terminology |
| TC 176/SC 2 | Quality systems |
| TC 176/SC 3 | Supporting technologies |
Meeting calendar
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
| Month | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | 7-12 | Bogota (Colombia) | ** | TC 176 |


