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Subject:ISO 9000 From:Damien Braniff <Damien_Braniff -at- PAC -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Thu, 27 Nov 1997 09:51:14 +0000
Quality is individual - does the product/lit/whatever do what you wnat it
to do? Eg cars, does it get you from A to B? Does it look good? Is it
cheap to run etc?
Whatever your definition of quality I don't think you'd buy without
checking first. You might see Ford as a "Quality" company; it might have
ISO 9000 (or whatever) but you'd still test drive the car before buying.
Ditto with products - check it out. If it meets YOUR quality requirements
then buy it. If it's ISO 9000 approved then the chances are that you will
consistently get the quality you require.
