Chapter 56. Corning Incorporated's ISO 9000 Initiative
- John B. Wachtman Jr.
Published Online: 28 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470314050.ch56
Copyright © 1993 The American Ceramic Society
Book Title
A Collection of Papers Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting and the 1992 Fall Meeting of the Materials & Equipment/Whitewares Manufacturing: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 14, Issue 1/2
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How to Cite
Pearl, D. H. (2008) Corning Incorporated's ISO 9000 Initiative, in A Collection of Papers Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting and the 1992 Fall Meeting of the Materials & Equipment/Whitewares Manufacturing: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 14, Issue 1/2 (ed J. B. Wachtman), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470314050.ch56
Publication History
- Published Online: 28 MAR 2008
- Published Print: 1 JAN 1993
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Print ISBN: 9780470375235
Online ISBN: 9780470314050
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Keywords:
- corporate quality system;
- baldrige;
- business wide srrutegies;
- manufacturing quality system;
- is0 9004
Summary
In 1991, Corning adopted ISO 9000 as the corporate quality management system standard. What precipitated that action, how ISO 9000 fits into Coming's world-class quality efforts, and the relationship between the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and ISO 9000 will be reviewed In addition, Coming's approach to deploying ISO 9000 as a corporate-wide standard and the current implementation status will be discussed.