Information about ISO 10014
Hello,
As a member of US TAG to ISO TC 176, I’ve had the privilege of working with the SC 3 working group tasked with the overhaul of the former TR 10014, “The Economics of Quality.” The TR (technical report) came due for review three years ago and this group was tasked with deciding whether to revise it, or to try writing an international guidance standard to replace it. The decision was made work on "elevating" the TR to a standard and has been an active project ever since.
Several weeks ago at the International TC 176 meeting in Kuala Lumpur the latest working draft was accepted by the ISO member nations as a Draft International Standard, or "DIS." That means that it will now be polished up by ISO central and distributed to the voting member nations for a 6 month review. It's now called: "Quality Management Systems - Guidelines for Realizing Financial and Economic Benefits"
The document is completely different from the original TR, mostly as as result of comments regarding prior drafts from all over the world and two mottos we adopted during this effort:
"It's for Top Management!" and "Show me the Money!" (Our target audience and what they should expect from implementation of a QMS!)
Now, the unfortunate part of all this is that I can't share it with you! (Even as secretary of the working group with the latest draft on the hard drive!!) But, it will be circulated early this spring. I believe I can "include" others who wish to comment on the DIS if they contact me directly once it's released to the US TAG. My position as "lead expert" would provide for input from other sources with the understanding that review would be followed by constructive comments that could be added to the "US position." So, if you are interested, I suppose the next step would be to E-mail me at:
[email protected]
If course, if anyone has further questions about this new guidance standard, I'd be happy to address them via this forum.
Thanks!!
Paul Palmes