What Is an ISO Certificate?

ISO is the short form of the International Organization for Standardization. Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ISO is the organisation behind the international standards. The ISO certificate is a certification issued to organisations that demonstrate they deliver services in line with defined standards and hold competence in their field. Every form of certification against standards published by ISO is referred to as an ISO certificate. Sistem Patent Kalite, the certification and testing consultancy, has provided professional service on ISO certification in Izmir and beyond since 1999.

ISO, the body that prepares the standards referred to as ISO certificates, has set a large number of quality standards for industry, commerce, and manufacturing worldwide, and has built different forms of certification against those criteria. The purpose of the organisation is to publish standards with worldwide validity and, through that, to support the international movement of products and services. ISO has 162 member countries. The organisation sets standards across every field except electricity and electronics, and carries out its work under the resulting standards.

In practical terms, people asking about ISO are usually asking about a specific management system certificate, such as which one it is and what it does, rather than about the International Organization for Standardization as such. The Sistem Patent Kalite website answers those common questions. Responding to them, and to any other related question, carries clear public benefit.

ISO, headquartered in Geneva, set up technical committees to develop standards. The first major publication was the ISO 9000 quality system standards series, in 1987. Standardisation here means managing activities under defined conditions. Standards activity can be pursued with social, economic, scientific, or experimental objectives. It should benefit several groups: society, customers, and employees. The basic objective is to define uncertainty and to bring the chance of error down to the lowest possible level.

The term "ISO certificate" is a convenient phrase that has grown up in common use in our society, partly because it is easy to say and partly because the specific certificate in question is not always clearly understood. It sometimes appears as "ISO certificates" or, in lowercase, "iso certificates".

The ISO certificate is the general name given to the family of quality management system standards published by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, and applicable to every organisation. Organisations seeking certification first undergo a competence assessment at an accredited certification body. After that, the organisation undergoes a conformity assessment, and those that meet the requirements are certified against the quality management system standard. Within ISO, various technical committees work on standards in their fields of expertise. Their work is tracked by the Technical Committee Management Board. Standards institutes that represent countries sit on these committees. Through their committee work, the standards institutes attain full member status at ISO and gain the right to issue certificates.

In Essence, an ISO Certificate

• Creates alignment across nationally developed standards
• Supports the preparation of shared standards agreed by member organisations
• Supports knowledge sharing across committee work
• Supports business partnerships across countries
• Provides the foundation for the preparation of new or different standards
• Supports global product and service exchange, and simplifies the trade of products and services

Sistem Patent Kalite runs consultancy offices that deliver ISO certification services across Turkey. Our aim is to work closely with clients so that the ISO certification work is carried out together. Our primary offices are in Izmir, Ankara, and Istanbul. Additional consultancy offices serve Adana, Antalya, Bursa, Eskisehir, and Kayseri. The contact page lists each office; you can reach out to the one closest to your operation.