A study on ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certifications – Reasons behind the failure of ISO certified Organizations

The purpose of this study is to highlight the basic facts about the ISO certification and why considerable proportion of organizations fail even after getting certified to International system standards such as ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS)

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