Peter
ISO9000 is a standard requirement on many tenders – whether having it actually means anything in reality can be debated ‘till the cows come home J When you say “not able to afford” – how big is the company and how much have they been quoted? There are ISO9000 schemes designed for micro-companies which cost <£1k p.a. Regards Charlie From: peter merguerian [mailto:pmerguerian2...@yahoo.com] Sent: 19 January 2010 01:24 To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [PSES] ISO 9000 and Sales Tenders in the EMEA Dear Group Members, I am told that ISO9000 is a must-have" to participate in sales tenders in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Is anyone familar with an alternative to ISO9000 certification for companies not able to afford ISO9000 certification but who would like to penetrate these markets? Thanks, Peter Merguerian - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@socal.rr.com> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald <dhe...@gmail.com>