AKMS Holds ISO 9001: 2008 Lecture

The discussion also focused on providing the opportunity to those interested in quality systems and ISO 9001 to learn about new standards and their amendments prior to their issuance

ABU DHABI --- February 28, 2009 --- The Arab Knowledge and Management Society (AKMS) in cooperation with the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. International (TAGI) conducted a lecture on the new issuance of ISO 9001: 2008 at the General Secretariat of Municipalities in Abu Dhabi.

Mr. Khaled Abu-Osbeh, the executive director of TAGI- Jeddah and AKMS representative in the ISO 9000 specification (ISO/TC 176/SC) Committee tackled several issues related to the ISO 9001: 2008.

Mr. Abu-Osbeh, a member of the ?WG 18 Expert Committee? which emanated from ISO/TC 176/SC2 Committee, discussed the following topics: the motives for change to the specification, the need for proposed changes, the applicable approach in amending ISO 9001 series, the scope of amendments to the new specification, the timetable of the transition process and how to keep up-to-date with ISO 9001 specifications.

The discussion also focused on providing the opportunity to those interested in quality systems and ISO 9001 to learn about new standards and their amendments prior to their issuance. This opportunity granted to the participants is similar to what is usually conducted in developed countries whenever a specification is issued or amended.

The 2008 edition of ISO 9001 is the fourth edition since the first was issued in 1987, as ISO laws and regulations require that standards be reviewed once every five years in order to determine whether they should be amended, improved or withdrawn.

Representatives from the private sector mainly from contracting, petroleum and real estate companies and from a number of governmental institutions among which are the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters and the Ministry of Education attended the lecture.

The Arab Knowledge and Management Society (AKMS) is a non-profit organization founded on August 29, 1989 in Buffalo-New York, USA, and it was officially registered in Amman on July 10, 1990 operating in 18 Arab countries through professional representatives. The Society aims at promoting knowledge in Arab communities and effectively developing their potentials.