TCR Engineering Services has focused on the quality assurance and quality control of our services and is proud to have successfully accredited by the National Accreditation Board of Laboratories (NABL) against the ISO / IEC 17025 standard "General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.

ISO 9000 is a set of global standards that provides quality assurance requirements and quality management guidance to promote quality consistent quality practices. The standards define the critical elements that must be taken into consideration to produce a quality product.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from 114 participating countries.

SAMM = Skim Akreditasi Makmal Malaysia – is a national laboratory accreditation scheme set up by the government on 15 August 1990

It is the international specification that sets forth the requirements which must be met to insure the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.

bull; International recognition of organization’s commitment to quality, and technical competence

The purpose, content, and focus of the Baldrige Award and ISO 9000 are very different. The Baldrige Award was created by Congress in 1987 to enhance U.S. competitiveness. The award program promotes quality awareness, recognizes quality achievements of U.S. organizations, and provides a vehicle for sharing successful strategies. The Baldrige Award criteria focus on results and continuous improvement.

ISO 9001:2000 is a certification standard. UKAS does not carry out assessments to this standard itself but assesses and accredits Certification Bodies for a defined scope of accreditation i.e. relating to specific areas of industry. The following link will help you with background to the ISO 9001 standard and also how to select a Certification Body: http://www.iqa.org/information/iso9k2kworkbook.html.

CMMI is a model specifically designed for development, with some focus on software development. It gives very concrete guidance on what to do (not how to do). ISO 9000 is a generic model, and although there are related software specific interpretation guidelines, and although the last revision ISO 9000-2000 is more process oriented than previous versions, we find CMMI a much more helpful model, if your core competence is software development.

ISO 9001 is the "quality systems-model for quality assurance in design / development production, installation and servicing". It is for use when conformance to specified requirements is to be assured by the supplier during several stages, which may include design, development, production, installation and servicing. ISO 9002 is the one from ISO 9000 series, which is having precise relevance to software development and maintenance.

It is important for quality practitioners to maintain current at all times on the development of ISO standards. The best place to keep pace with the development of ISO standards is to visit the following websites:

ISO 9000 is a family of international standards for quality management system. ISO 9000 certificate will be issued to company or organization which has been assessed to have attained such a standard by a Certification Body.

ISO 9000 is a family of international standards for quality management. These standards cover everything from design and production to procurement and delivery processes. In today's competitive world, when many claims to quality are unfounded, the ISO 9000 designation is your assurance that Lennox' follows a consistent process, while producing products that meet the most demanding standards in the industry.