Who is ISO Organization?

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is a non-governmental and independent international organization with membership of 166 national standard bodies from each country. Individuals or companies cannot become ISO members. Below you can see the ISO members from every country in the world.

Resource : iso.org website

ISO members will appoint the experts as the representative for their country to share knowledge and establish voluntary , consensus-based, market relevant International Standards. The purpose of the international standard is to support innovation and provide solutions to global challenges. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) does not perform certification audit services. Organizations intend to get certified to the ISO standard (eg. ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, etc) must contact an independent certification body (CB).

ISO was formed in London in 1946. Initially only 25 countries met together to discuss the future of International Standardization. In 1951, ISO developed the 1st standard – ISO 1 – Standard reference temperature for geometrical product specification.

The 1st quality management system (QMS) – ISO 9000 family was published in 1987. This QMS is the most well-known standard in the market. As of now, ISO has published 21740 standards and the number keeps increasing every year. The famous ISO standards in the market are:

ISO 6 – Camera Film Speed

ISO 639 – Language Codes

ISO 3166 – Country Codes (Eg. US, AU, CN, MY, FR, etc)

ISO 4217 – Currency Codes (Eg. USD, EUR, MYR, CNY, SGD, etc)

ISO 8601 – Date and Time Format (Eg. YYYY-MM-DD)

ISO 9001 – Quality Management System

ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System

ISO 22000 – Food Safety Management System

ISO 37001 – Anti-Bribery Management System

ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management System

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Famous Certification in Myanmar

The International Organization of Standardization (iso.org) acknowledged that the ISO Certificates which are mostly used by the major sectors in Myanmar are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018....

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Famous Certification in Laos

According to the ISO Survey (2020), the most widely ISO Certificates used by the major sectors in Laos are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018. There are a total of 54 certified organizations that have implemented ISO 9001 (Quality Management System). The key major sectors are food products, beverages, and tobacco, wholesale, retail trade, transportation and telecommunication...

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Famous Certification for Businesses in Malaysia

Best practices and standardization have been acknowledged as a critical component of a successful business. Management Systems Standards were initially introduced in Malaysia in 1987 with the introduction of ISO 9000...