ISO Full Form, What is ISO?

ISO full form  International Organization for Standardization

ISO is an independent, non-governmental, non-profitable, worldwide organization which develops and publishes international standards. It provides a standard for products and services. These standards are accepted worldwide and provide a surety that the products and services are safe, reliable and of good quality.

ISO is the world's largest developer of voluntary international standards. It’s headquarter is in Geneva in Switzerland and official languages are English, French and Russian. There are 165 member countries around the world as its national standard bodies.

What ISO does

ISO provides world-class specification for products, services and systems to ensure safety, quality and efficiency.

There are more than 19500 international standards published by ISO, which covers every industry, technology, food safety, agriculture and healthcare.

Brief History

In 1946, delegates from 25 countries who met at the Institute of Civil Engineers in London decided to establish an international organization to facilitate the international coordination and unification of industrial standards. In February 1947, ISO was founded and officially began its operations.

There are more than 19500 international standards published by ISO, which cover every industry, such as technology, food safety, agriculture and healthcare.

This is a list of popular standards of international organization:

·         ISO- 9000: It is used for standardization of quality management.

·         -10012: It is used to measure management system.

·        -14000: It is used for standardization of environmental management.

·        -19011: It provides a guideline to audit management system.

·        -2768-1: It is used to provide a standard for general tolerance.

·         -31000: It is a standard for risk management.

·        -50001: It is a standard for energy management.

·         -4217: It is used for standardization of currency codes.