Overview
This is a do-it-yourself manual, with detailed steps to success and simple explanatory notes, designed for real companies not business schools. The enclosed disk contains the text of a complete Quality Manual along with all necessary Operating Procedures. This is also printed in the book to show how it should look, and all you need to do is fill in the blanks. The book will explain why and how to achieve the ISO 9000 standard, and the models will let you get there quickly and easily. This proven successful straightforward approach will initially save you hundreds of pounds in consultancy fees and also will help you bypass the trial and error stages. In addition to successful ISO 9000 registration you will continually achieve savings by putting in place effective, efficient and economical management systems. Fred Dobb is a Regional Manager of National Quality Assurance, one of the largest certification bodies covering the whole range of manufacturing, service and other industrial and business sectors. Fred Dobb is a Registered Lead Assessor with experience in a plethora of situations; this practical experience is brought to bear in this essentially practical guide.
Full Product Details
Author: Fred Dobb
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 29.70cm
Weight: 0.790kg
ISBN: 9780750625326
ISBN 10: 0750625325
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 31 August 1996
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
'This 250-page, A4 book is written by a self-confessed pragmatic quality professional. It is one of the few that does exactly what it aims to do, and does it well ... Anyone determined to carry out a QMS will find this book an invaluable aid as it gives simple and easy-to-follow guidance, together with typical manual and operating procedures and forms, and everything you need on a floppy disk as well ... This book will help the reader develop a better understanding of quality assurance and, better still, how his business operates and its interrelationships. I recommend this book to all those who are thinking about implementing ISO 9000 or who doubt the standard because you will enjoy reading it and will, as Dobb writes, save yourself a lot of money.' Quality World, March 1997
'This 250-page, A4 book is written by a self-confessed pragmatic quality professional. It is one of the few that does exactly what it aims to do, and does it well ... Anyone determined to carry out a QMS will find this book an invaluable aid as it gives simple and easy-to-follow guidance, together with typical manual and operating procedures and forms, and everything you need on a floppy disk as well ... This book will help the reader develop a better understanding of quality assurance and, better still, how his business operates and its interrelationships. I recommend this book to all those who are thinking about implementing ISO 9000 or who doubt the standard because you will enjoy reading it and will, as Dobb writes, save yourself a lot of money.'<br>Quality World, March 1997
'This 250-page, A4 book is written by a self-confessed pragmatic quality professional. It is one of the few that does exactly what it aims to do, and does it well ... Anyone determined to carry out a QMS will find this book an invaluable aid as it gives simple and easy-to-follow guidance, together with typical manual and operating procedures and forms, and everything you need on a floppy disk as well ... This book will help the reader develop a better understanding of quality assurance and, better still, how his business operates and its interrelationships. I recommend this book to all those who are thinking about implementing ISO 9000 or who doubt the standard because you will enjoy reading it and will, as Dobb writes, save yourself a lot of money.' Quality World, March 1997
