Help for small businesses to implement ISO management system standards

摘要

Readers of ISO Management Systems were the first to benefit from a series of articles to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) reap the advantages of implementing quality and environmental management systems based respectively on ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004. ISO has now posted the articles in the ISO 9000/ ISO 14000 section on its Web site (www.iso.org) as a new edition especially for SME's. ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden commented: " SME's may mistakenly perceive of International Standards as being only for big business and government. In fact, SME's too can benefit from the state-of-the-art technology and management practices disseminated by International Standards which also open the door to export markets and participation in glo bal supply chains.