"MJ" wrote in message
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Actually, the ISO9000 standard is more about documenting what you do
rather than the actual quality of the result. Here's a good, simple
link... http://praxiom.com/iso-9001

NO!

ISO 9001:2000 is less documentation than previous standards eg.
ISO9001:1994, BS5750. In fact you will often hear it quoted that 9001:2000
can be built around 6 procedures !.(If you read the standard you will only
find it says "Shall have a documented procedure 6 times) in escence you
have to define your processes(flow charts).

With all the standards you will have to keep documented records (drawings,
test results, training records..........) but even without the standards
you would have these.

9001:2000 was designed to reduce the document burden on companies
(although sometimes the auditors have the opposite effect, but this is not
the fault of the standard)

I'm willing to listen... please show me where there are defined standards
for the actual quality of an item in 9000:2000.

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