• International Journal of Quality Innovation
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.117-128
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• 2001

It is widely recognized that ISO 9000 certification bring some profits, such as enhancement of quality system and some concerns. Since one of the major concerns is cost for certification, this paper considers the cost for ISO 9000 certification in Japanese companies through review some winning reports and case studies. Specifically, a model that describes the certification activities and their cost is derived through reviewing some winning reports in order to give a framework of cost estimation. Based on the model, we estimate the certification cost in an electric division of a company through an interview survey. Furthermore, we focused on the cost for promotion and administration as a cost for the sake only certification, because these activities will not be needed if a company does not implement ISO certification. It is concluded that this cost may vary approximately 300,000-700,000 (US$) per certification by the interview and telephone surveys to Japanese steel companies.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.112-123
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• 1996

ISO 9000 series, as quality management system that assesses quality system based on the documentation such as quality manual, documented procedures, specification is properly operated and then decides to give a certification, is a screening documented system that includes factors which may influence quality. Therefore, to have a proper documented system and its performance accordant to it is very important to the company which hopes to acquire the certification of ISO 9000 series. So, the objectives of this paper are to increase the efficiency of the work by cutting down efforts necessary to establish and revise documented procedures for the certification of the ISO 9000 series in the company using the documentation system.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 1993

The original purpose to introduce the system for quality certification by ISO 9000 series to our nation is basically promote the civilization interchanges among the various nations. we can't help regarding that the free trade is well performed to only a party and region to an agreement, but existed the possibility of being taken advantage of a means to the exclusive limiting import on the other regions. Under the considering the above situation, this study suggest that, the usuable policies of our domestic manufacturing corporations for acquiring the certification for the quality assurance of ISO 9000 series are as followings : 1) Using the civil and national diplomatic channel for the mutual assurance among the authorized agency of certification. 2) Gradually decreasing the difference between ISO 9000 and our nation in quality certification and solving the some problems as organizing the related research center. 3) In the post management of certified corporations, intentionally performing by using the authorized national agency from the ISO Headquarter and continuously reforming the related laws and regulations standardizing around the ISO series.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.100-106
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• 2007

The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of the defense quality certification system on the military user's dissatisfaction. In this paper, an empirical research is performed to compare the effectiveness of ISO 9000 : 2000 and Korea Defense Quality Certification system 0050-9000. The research result shows that (1) the Defense Quality system is better than ISO 9000 : 2000 to reduce the military user's dissatisfaction level. (2) the Quality Assurance types 4, 5 have more user's dissatisfaction than types 2, 3. (3) small and medium sized companies have more user's dissatisfaction than large companies.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2006

This paper is related to the effect analysis of certification of ISO 9000 Quality Management System. We collect and analyze the field data of certification costs and profit from companies that are located at southeast area in Korea. The effect analysis is based on the type and scale of companies. We use defective rate and inventory turnover rate as the criterion of positive effect after certification. As a result, we may conclude that the certification of ISO Quality Management System gives companies positive effects.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• autumn
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• pp.444-449
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• 2001

Because of preferential treatment in PQ judgement, many construction company got the certification of ISO 9000. But the main objective of them was just certification itself. The ISO 9000 certification which was composed of 20 requirements was a standard just for the manufacturing industry, so it was difficult that it was applied to a business of construction industry. In these reasons, they have revised ISO 9000:l994 which was composed or 20 requirements to ISO 9000:2000 which requests to focus on business process. In this research, we'll develop a System for Project Quality Plan that is related with information of site process in an apartment housing project. This system is intended to increase use of project quality plan in construction sites based on the construction process.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.228-244
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• 2008

ISO9000 set of standards has been widely applied in Iranian Automotive manufacturing industry. Regarding the effects of TQM and ISO9000 set of standards various studies have been conducted and different quantitative conclusions have been made. Due to lack of quantitative information, in many of the cases, using qualitative information becomes the best option. The qualitative nature of data in such cases, requires qualitative analysis methods that might lead to some challenging computational issues. This paper examines the impact of ISO9000: 2000 certification and its perceived benefits for an automotive manufacturing company. Using an empirical approach, the paper seeks to ascertain if certification has indeed improved the performance of the company. Our null hypothesis rotates around the effect of ISO9000: 2000 on the 4W's of an enterprise. To carry out the research, first we developed a couple of questionnaires including all criteria of ISO9000 and 4W's. Second, the questionnaires were discussed with two researchers knowledgeable in the field, and then submitted to the quality practitioners and executives of Iran Khodro Enterprise-a leading company in Iranian automotive manufacturing industry. Finally the null hypothesis was tested and the technology improvement dimensions were ranked through nonparametric tests. The results illustrated a reasonable cause and effect relationship, suggesting that ISO9000: 2000 has positive effect on the 4W's of company result. In this work we investigate the effect as technology improvement viz., the improvement of techno-ware, human-ware, info-ware, and organ-ware.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.19 no.38
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• pp.17-28
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• 1996

ISO 9000 Series International Standard have been established in 1987 and world trading patterns have changed into the request of ISO 9000 series approval. About 1100 domestic companies have currently obtained ISO 9000 series approval from domestic or foreign certification bodies. This paper presents the current status of ISO approval of domestic industries, a case study of a valve manufacturing company in Pusan, procedures for obtaining ISO approval, predictable effects as a result of approval, and recommendations.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.87-101
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• 1996

To investigate the impacts of ISO 9000 QA systems to the Korean industry quality improvement as well as quality consciousness, QA related data has been surveyed from quality assurance engineers who have worked on ISO 9000 certification activities and has been analyzed using relevant tabulations of five(5) scale or x2-homogeneity test method. Hypotheses to the unchange in the quality consciousness are tested in terms of x2-homogeneity in order to compare the consciousness of pre-certification with that of post-certification. The level of quality management of Korean manufacturing industry has been high-lighted by use of quality maturity grid.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.23 no.55
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• pp.73-83
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• 2000

Up to the present, ISO 9000 series have contributed which construction of quality management system and improvement of quality competition. Therefore many enterprises have taken an increasing interest in ISO 9000 series and the number certification of it is on the increase every year. In these processes, the side effect has come out. It is of no use to competitive power of enterprise. Because they made an effort for certification without preparation for a short period or there was no continuous system control. In this paper, We review the weakness of existing ISO 9000 series, which have soon ahead of revision. In addition, We propose the considering items or contents in revision for enterprise competition power.