Quality system standards
A quality system. The ISO 9001:2000 quality management system standard is the recognized international quality system standard. Many countries have formally adopted this international standard as their national quality system standard. Prior to the international quality standard, some countries had developed their own national quality system standard. In addition, some industry sectors have developed sector-specific some quality system standard. In some instances, these sector-specific quality system standard are based on the IOS 9000 quality standard; an example is the QS 9000 standard of the North American automotive industry.