The following application article is part of a larger set of articles
published under the title ISO 9000 in Scientific
Computing as a special supplement to Scientific Computing & Automation
magazine.
BSI, QUALITY ASSURANCE
Tom Harland, Acting Director & General Manager
BSI Quality Assurance, the certification arm of the British Standards
Institution (BSI), has been the pioneer of many widely recognized assessment
and certification schemes for companies and products and is now one of the
world's largest and most experienced certification bodies.
Since publishing the first quality management systems standard in 1979,
BSI has undertaken ISO 9000 assessments all over the world and across most
manufacturing and service industries. Indeed, BSI QA has now registered
over 16,000 organizations to ISO 9000, of which 2,500 are from the information
systems sector.
BSI is committed to customer care and sets out to establish close working
relationships with each individual client, providing expert advice, help,
and support at every stage of assessment. This commitment carries on into
the continuing assessment cycle to help ensure that the client receives
the maximum benefit from their registration.
BSI QA assessments have gained the international reputation of being some
of the most thorough and it is for that reason that BSI's Registered Firms
mark has grown into the most respected and recognized mark in the world,
currently recognized in over 60 countries.
Through its International Training division, BSI is able to assist organizations
by offering a comprehensive range of ISO 9000 training courses helping,
to quote the words of the quality guru Juran, to 'drive out the fear'.