Re: [PEN-L:612] Re: ISO 9000 question

1998-10-21 Thread Anthony D'Costa
I beg to differ somewhat from this ISO 9000 views presented so far. While it is true that havings "systems" in place can increase work intensity (absolute surplus value in marxian terminology) from a supply/quality assurance point of view ISO 9000 is very useful especially for those countries tha

[PEN-L:612] Re: ISO 9000 question

1998-10-20 Thread Hsin-Hsing Chen at RPI
Although my experience with ISO-9000 are all in non-union shops, I do find some useful insights in Parker & Slaughter's Working Smart. The spirit of ISO-9000s series is to acquire utmost predictability of the performance of all work procedures in a company. Generally, consulting firms encourage c