Accelper Consulting recently published ISO 9000:2000: An Implementation Guide (BookSurge Publishing, 2006) to help small to large corporations achieve an effective quality management system.

The book contains a summary of ISO standards requirements and methods for conducting value-added internal audits, for implementing good quality systems and for integrating ISO 9001 with ISO 14001.

“The quality management system must produce value; otherwise, it is a burden in a marketplace with tight profit margins. People will look for another flavor of quality, which will be detrimental to the quality profession and create even more waste,” says Praveen Gupta, the book’s author. “Fundamentally, ISO 9000:2000 standards are great in guiding corporations to practice quality thinking.”

Gupta says the book is especially valuable for its self-assessment checklist, which explains each clause of ISO 9001 and guides the reader to look for evidence of effectiveness and compliance.

Accelper’s services include the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 management systems, Six Sigma and business innovation.

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