Benefits of ISO 9000

ISO 9000 should be much more than a certificate hanging on the wall of your business. It should be a comprehensive living system that provides measurable bottom line improvements to the health of your company by assisting you to:

• Increase access to international markets
• Maintain consistently dependable processes
• Guarantee less wasted time, materials, and efforts

Some documented case histories of ISO 9000 benefits include:

• A wholesale distributor
  • 10% percent sales increase directly attributable to ISO
  • 2% reduction in costs yielding $300K per year
  
  
• Manufacturing assembly shop
  • Return on investment achieved in less than two years
  
  
• Service and repair shop
  • Savings of $250K in the first year following registration
  
  
• Hardware manufacturer
  • 18% reduction in customer returns
  • 25% increase in production backlog
  
  
• Process control systems and instrumentation manufacturer
  • Inventory reduction of 50%
  • Product cost reduction of 5%
  • Decrease in lost work days of 80%
  • Increase in on-time deliveries of 12%
  • Reduction in credit memos of 70%
  • Increase in market share of 15%
  
  
• Keypad manufacturer
  • 2% increase in overall margin

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