1998 ISO 9000 Software Guide

The influence and prevalence of ISO 9000 continues to grow. As anyone who has pursued ISO 9000 will testify, documenting a management system and implementing procedures to meet the needs of a quality management system can be an exhausting, complicated process. Fortunately, a wide variety of software products helps quality managers and teams prepare for the certification process.

In the guide, which you can download by clicking here, you will find more than 300 software products that aid users in various aspects of  ISO 9000 documentation and/or implementation. The software ranges from products designed specifically for ISO 9000, such as documentation and calibration management, to more general titles that cover important  areas, such as statistical process control and failure analysis software.

The following product listing includes the company name, phone number, Web address and products of participating companies. In most cases, we included all the products submitted by a company. However, due to space limitations we couldn't list all products. All software listed in this guide helps users meet one or more of the 20 ISO 9000 elements listed below:

4.1 Management responsibility

4.2 Quality system

4.3 Contract review

4.4 Design control

4.5 Document and data control

4.6 Purchasing

4.7 Control of customer-supplied product

4.8 Product identification and traceability

4.9 Process control

4.10 Inspection and testing

4.11 Control of inspection, measuring and test equipment

4.12 Inspection and test status

4.13 Control of nonconforming product

4.14 Corrective and preventive action

4.15 Handling, storage, packaging, preservation and delivery

4.16 Control of quality records

4.17 Internal quality audits

4.18 Training

4.19 Servicing

4.20 Statistical techniques

As with all our guides, the ISO 9000 Software Guide is in no way meant to endorse or exclude any particular organization. It is meant to be used as the starting point in the data-gathering phase. To ensure the accuracy of the information, we list only information that we have collected ourselves.

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