ISO-9000 or ISO9000
Standards or
guidelines for business
used to verify or certify businesses
as being capable in defining and adhering to a documented procedure or process
or set of standards.
Almost always related to quality
assurance systems and not quality
improvement plans.
A specific set of guidelines maintained and
audited by the International Organization
for Standardization, (ISO).
There are several other ISO guidelines like ISO-9001, ISO/TS-16949,
ISO-13485, etc.