Quality and Standards in Electronics

ISO

9000

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Quality has, of course, become the key word in today's competitive

markets, and now more than 80 countries have similar organizations, most

of which are members of the ISO and the IEC. Figure 3.1 shows the inter-

relationship of these standards and committees.

3.2

The

demand

for

standardization

in

support

of

quality

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During the past few years there has been a growing demand for an assurance

of quality before a contract is let. This is not an entirely new concept, for

quality has always played an important role in securing new markets as

well as retaining those markets that already exist. Without doubt, in these

days of competitive world markets ...