What is the history of ISO 9000?

Answer by  Geez (224)

ISO 9000 grew out of BS 5750, a standard published by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in 1979. It is a set of international standards of quality management systems. It has been accepted by over a 100 countries as their national quality assurance standard. In 1994, the ISO revised the ISO 9000 standard and published it globally.

Answer by  Lharn (97)

ISO 9000 is an international standard for manufacturing companies which was introduced in 1979 by the British Standards Institution. It develops standardization to the system of management in manufacturing companies.

Answer by  Benny138 (6)

ISO 9000 is a standard of quality control. It originates from the International organization for standardization. The standard updates every now and then as things change, the earliest of which came about in 1987.

Answer by  giacomoman (14)

They were first published in 1987, based on the British norms BS5750, and were more developed in the 1994 version, the present version is the 2008 revision