What is ISO?

Conduct research on the internet and find out more about ISO 9000. You can use the ISO 9000 website – http://www.iso.ch – as a starting point. In a two to three page paper, answer the following questions: What is ISO? What are the benefits of international standardization? How have the ISO 9000 standards been received worldwide? What are the latest changes in ISO 9000 (2000)? What are the basic principles of the latest revision to the ISO 9000 standard?

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ISO 9000
ISO is an international organization of some national standards bodies where each standards body represents a particular member country. Whereas the ISO could easily be seen as an abbreviation to mean International Standards Organization, the Federation refers it as a word to denote the organization that helps in avoiding the challenges of having to translate it to different languages (copyright, 2015).
International standards have significant benefits to businesses, governments, and consumers. They help companies to improve systems and processes that in turn cut costs as well as improving customer satisfaction by providing safe and quality products. Goods and services that conform to international standards give confidence of safety and quality to consumers. Standardization also helps enterprises to venture into new markets because the products and services are compatible and meet international standards. International standards especially ISO 9001 have been seen to increase sales, improve customer…