In Poland there are six types of inspection bodies responsible for the supervision of the food safety. In our country there are totally 1099 such bodies on various levels of management. In order to ensure the protection of human health and life, the inspection bodies mentioned above should be...

The paper presents the dynamics in number of top management system certificates (ISO 9001, ISO 14001) focusing on the situation in Slovenia in the last two years when a significant increase of cancelled certificates was noticeable. We studied this phenomenon in order to find out its reasons and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for ISO 9000 maintenance in service by identifying the critical success factors and problems of ISO 9000 maintenance in two service organisations. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 30 interviews were conducted over a period...

In Poland there are six types of inspection bodies responsible for the supervision of the food safety. In our country there are totally 1099 such bodies on various levels of management. In order to ensure the protection of human health and life, the inspection bodies mentioned above should be...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the contributions of ISO 9000 initiatives towards improving manufacturing performance in the Indian manufacturing industry. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, 96 manufacturing organizations have been extensively surveyed, to...