Dr. S. Poornachandra Dean EIE & BME SNS College of Technology

ISO 1987 - Quality Management System (ISO 9000) It is a set of international standards on quality management & quality assurance developed to help companies effectively document the quality system elements to be implemented to maintain an efficient quality system 1991 – Strategic Advisory Group on the Environment (SAGE) 1992 – Technical Committee (TC 207) The mission of TC207 is to develop standards for an Environment Management System (EMS) which was identified as ISO 14000

ISO 9000 The ISO 9000 series based on 7 quality management principles Customer focus Leadership Engagement of people Process approach Improvement Evidence based decision making Relationship management

QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Customer Focus Organization should understand current & future customer needs, requirement & strive to exceed customer expectations Leadership Create & maintain the internal environment in which people can become fully involved in achieving the organization’s objectives Engagement of People People at all levels are the essence of an organization & their full involvement enables their abilities to be used for the organization’s benefit

QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Process Approach A desired result is achieved more efficiently when activities & related resources are managed as a process Improvement Improvement of organization’s overall performance should be a permanent objective of the organization Evidence based Decision Making Effective decision are based on the analysis of data & information Relationship Management An organization & its external provides (suppliers, contractors, service provides) are interdependent & a mutually beneficial relationship enhances the ability of both to create value

ISO 14000 SERIES STANDARDS Product Evaluation Standards Organizational Evaluation Standards Product Evaluation Standards Environmental Management System 14001 Specification 14004 General Guidelines Environmental Auditing Guidelines ISO 19011 Environmental Performance Evaluation 14031Guidelines Environmental Aspects in Product Standards Guide 64 EAPS guide Environmental Labeling 14021 Basic Principles 14021 Self Declaration 14024 Third Party 14025 Type III Declaration Life Cycle Assessment 14040 Principles & Framework 14044 Requirements & Guidelines

ORGANIZATIONAL EVALUATION STANDARD ISO 14001 Gives the elements that organizations are required to confrom to if they seek registration ISO 14004 Guidelines on Principles, Systems & Supporting Techniques Provides supplementary material ISO 14010, ISO 14011 & ISO 14012 Covers a range of audit related function Avoiding confusion over objectives of environmental or quality audit program Establishing agreement of goals between individual audit programs Reducing duplication of efforts Ensuring the use of best audit formats Evaluating competence of audit team members against appropriate criteria ISO 14031 Monitoring & Measurement

PRODUCT EVALUATION STANDARDS ISO Guide 64: 2008 Develop product standards ISO 14020: 2000

ISO MEMBERSHIP American National Standard Institute (ANSI) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)