What is the full form of ISO?
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What is the full form of ISO?
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The full form of ISO is International Organization for Standardization. It is an international non- governmental body that develops various international standards for worldwide products and services. These standards help to increase business productivity and reduce the error.
ISO was established on 23rd February 1947 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
ISO certified products and services provide guaranty that the product and service good in quality, safe to use. It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
ISO is the world's largest developer of voluntary international standards, It has more than 20 thousand standards that cover healthcare manufactured products, technology food safety, and agriculture.
There are 165 member countries around the world as its national standard bodies and the official language of ISO is English, French, and Russian.
ISO is non- profitable organization they have 20 members with rotating remembering who give advice and direction and 250 technical committees who develop ISO standards.
List of ISO Standards
1. ISO 9001 It is used for standardization of quality management.
2. ISO 14001 It is used for environment management system.
3. ISO 27000 It is used for standardization of information technology.
4. ISO 22000 It is used for the development and application of a food safety management system.
5.ISO 50001 It is used for the energy management systems to improve the usage of energy.
6.ISO/TS 16949 It is used for standardization of automobile industry.
7.ISO 13485 It is used for the standardization of healthcare equipment and healthcare services.
8. ISO 31000 It is used for the risk management systems.
9.ISO 26000 It is used to help the organization to operate the business with social responsibility.
