Martin, The key issue is the competence of the testing and demonstration of compliance to both EMC and Product Safety requirements.
The standard to use is ISO/IEC 17025, "General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories". This is the foundation for acceptance of testing worldwide including most mutual recognition agreements. As recognized by various goivernments and and industries as well as ISO and IEC in the Introduction to ISO/IEC 17025: "Certification against ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 does not of itself demonstrate the competence of the laboratory to produce technically valid data and results. The acceptance of testing and calibration results between countries should be facilitated if laboratories comply with this International Standard and if they obtain accreditation from bodies which have entered into mutual recognition agreements with equivalent bodies in other countries using this International Standard. The use of this International Standard will facilitate cooperation between laboratories and other bodies, and assist in the exchange of information and experience, and in the harmonization of standards and procedures." Hope this helps. ISO 9000 was not the answer years ago and it still is not. Larry Gradin *************************************************************** * Larry Gradin, PE, QMS-LA * Email: lgra...@integrity-solutions.org & l.gra...@ieee.org * Integrity Solutions Group, Inc. * 6419 Bridgewood Terrace Boca Raton, FL 33433 USA * Phone 561-395-6007 Efax: 978-285-6589 * Web Page http://www.Integrity-Solutions.org _______________________________________________________ Remember - Quality depends on Integrity, Attention To Detail, Cost-Effective Action, and Commitment -- not buzzwords. ***************************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <marti...@appliedbiosystems.com> To: <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:23 PM Subject: ISO 9000 > > Greetings, > > Several years ago most manufacturing companies were getting evaluated to > ISO 9000 standards. Since that time, there have been some revisions to the > standards. Does your company still spend time and money dealing with ISO > 9000 and it's revisions. If so, why. If not, why not? > > I realize this subject is not directly related to product safety/EMC, so, > if you like, you can email me directly with your responses. > > All responses are appreciated. > > Regards > > Joe Martin > EMC/Product Safety Engineer > Applied Biosystems > marti...@appliedbiosystems.com > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
