ISO 9002 registration earned by Attachmate

Attachmate, a provider of host access management and e-business solutions, has announced it earned ISO 9002 registration from Underwriters Laboratories (UL). The registration applies to Attachmates Alpharetta, GA facility where its products are manufactured for worldwide distribution.

Attachmate will continue to be evaluated for conformance to the ISO 9002 registration including the 19 elements that impact the quality system of a manufacturing organisation. Compliance to the standard is monitored through internal as well as external audits.

The registration process takes many companies approximately 18 months to get to the audit stage, and they still are not registered the first time through it took Attachmate half the time and we passed through the first audit.

As an ISO 9002 registered company, processes have been documented and are monitored to insure our traditional ways of doing things those that have made us so successful are achieved consistently, says Paul Cripsey, country manager of Attachmate SA.

The ISO 9000 series of quality standards, for both quality management and quality assurance, is maintained by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). It has been adopted by over 90 countries and is being implemented by thousands of manufacturing or service organisations in both public and private sectors. Its primary aim is to give organisations, such as Attachmate, guidelines on what constitutes an effective quality management system, which in turn ensures quality, consistence and confidence in Attachmate products and services.