ISO Međunarodna organizacija za normizaciju osnovala je tehnički odbor naziva Technical Committee ISO/TC 176 - Quality management and quality assurance koji je odgovoran za donošenje norma iz područja upravljanja i osiguravanja kvalitete. Članovi tehničkog odbora mogu biti sve zainteresirane strane. U radu sudjeluju članovi predstavnici nacionalnih institucija i udruženja. Odbor je osnovan 1979. godine, danas u radu sudjeluju predstavnici iz 90 država članica. Odbor je do sada izradio 23 norme iz područja svoga djelovanja. Odbor ISO/TC 176 povezan je s ostalim ISO i IEC tehničkim odborima radi harmoniziranja rada svih odbora pri donošenju norma.
U radu tehničkog odbora ISO/TC 176 sudjeluju sljedeće radne grupe:
TC 176/CAG 2 SPTF: Strategic Planning Task Force
TC 176/TF 3 Document archive
TC 176/STTF Spanish translation task force
TC 176/TG Portfolio Management
TC 176/CAG 1 Chairman's Advisory Group
TC 176/WG 3 Quality management for electoral assurance
TC 176/WG 4 Qualty management systems - Application of ISO 9001 in local government
TC 176/WG 5 Requirements for educational organizations
TC 176/SC 1 Concepts and terminology
TC 176/SC 2 Quality systems
TC 176/SC 3 Supporting technologies
Tehnički odbor ISO/TC 176 povezan je s organizacijama i udruženjima koji djeluju u području sustava upravljanja kvalitetom. To su sljedeće organizacije: ASQ - The American Society for Quality, AKMS - Arab Knowledge Management Society, CI - Consumers International, CLEPA - European Association of Automative Suppliers, COPANT - Pan American Standards Commission, EAQUALS - The European Association for Quality Language Services, EC - European Commission, EOQ - European Organization for Quality, FIDIC - International Federation of Consulting Engineers, IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency, IAF - International Accreditation Forum, ILAC - International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation, INLAC - Latinoamerican Institute for Quality Assurance, IPC - International Personnel Certification Association, IQNet Association - The International Certification Network, ITC - International Trade Centre, OAS - Organization of American States, OIE - World Organization for Animal Health, QuEST - Quality Excellence Suppliers of Telecommunications, SEMATECH - SEmiconductor MAnufacturing TECHnology, CQI - The Chartered Quality Institute, WASPaLM - World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, WHO - World Health Organization.
Secretariat: SCC
Secretary: Mr Andy Kwong
Chairperson: Dr. Gary Cort until end 2013
ISO Central Secretariat contact: Mr. José Alcorta
Creation date: 1979
Više podataka o tehničkom odboru ISO/TC 176 možete saznati na web stranici www.iso.org.
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