ISO 9001 and Lean - 9780367137151

Taylor & Francis

ISO 9001 and LeanFriends, Not Foes, For Providing Efficiency and Customer Value\nAuthor(s): Douglas Meyer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367137151, 978-0367137151\nSynopsis\nISO 9000 is a comprehensive set of international standards for quality management and quality assurance. These standards ensure that companies effectively document all aspects of their quality management to show transparency and efficiency within all processes. They are not industry specific and pertain to organizations of any size. \n\nContinuous improvement is a key facet of the ISO 9001 standard (the particular standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system), but it does not explain how to implement or maintain this improvement. Lean production methodologies surely provide this crucial and tactical information. Adding Lean production methodologies to quality management systems effectively focuses these improvement a.