The word ISO is the abbreviation of several words in English that refer to the International Organization for Standardizationwhich translates into Spanish International Organization for Standardization, which is It is responsible for forming and promoting a system that allows the international standardization of a large number of products and that also covers various areas.
The birth of the International Organization for Standardization dates back to 1946, when several representatives from different countries, approximately twenty-five delegates, due to the globalization that was already on the horizon and the commercial exchange that already existed, the need arose to adopt measures that regulate the standardization of various product characteristics such as safety, environment, health, etc.
The organization is responsible for promote the parameters and standards that the manufacturing, communication and trade of various industrial branches must comply with and that also serve for the quality of the production processes, control of companies and international organizations that are dedicated to improving the quality and safety of products in the world.
It is important to highlight that the application and adaptation of the standards and parameters referring to quality and safety in the production processes and marketing of goods and services are voluntary, that is, they are only applied by those industries and companies that really want to. improve its production and industrial safety control, which in turn always provides added value to the final product, allowing it to enter the most diverse international markets, since they comply with said safety and production parameters and standards.
The various national normalization or standardization organizations located in the different countries of our planet are responsible for issuing certifications of compliance with ISO Standards or quality standards by the different participants in the industrial field, such is the case of AFNOR in France, EVS in Estonia, UNI in Italy, ICONTEC in Colombia, IRAM in Argentina, SENCAMER in Venezuela or INN in Chile among others.
Currently, the organization is made up of the union of 157 institutions or collaborators. It is also located in Switzerland, specifically in the city of Geneva, where delegations from various governments around the world work together, as well as private entities that are dedicated to specialization and improvement of production control, quality and safety standards of the different varieties of products that we can find in our universe.
ISO 9000 and 9001 standards
The International Organization for Standardization is responsible for developing and promoting standards that serve as parameters in the international scope of quality in products, services, production systems and materials that serve for the evaluation of the finished product, as well as the evaluation of processes and the implementation of new procedures that provide greater safety and quality depending on the subject matter of the product, good or service.
In this sense, ISO 9000 and 9001 are a set of preventive actions, to guarantee a service or a product. What this translates into is that the product, good or service that they are offering complies with the regulations related to quality and safety, which provides greater confidence and security in the product since it continued with what was established in the Committee of the International Organization of Standardization and is certified by the different organizations in the world that are dedicated to guaranteeing said compliance.
It is worth highlighting that ISO standards are already very common in our daily lives, which means that their use, knowledge and/or application can be found in very basic contexts of our daily lives, such as in an advertisement for a product. , in the organizations in charge of protecting consumers in a specific country since this can make the difference between one product and another, specifically in its quality and consequently in its value or price intended for the general public.
See also Industrial safety.