QS-9000

What Is ASQ?

The American Society for Quality (ASQ), headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, is the world's leading authority on quality since 1946. The 104,000 member professional association creates better workplaces and communities worldwide by advancing learning, quality improvement and knowledge exchange to improve business results.

By making quality a global priority, an organizational imperative and a personal ethic, ASQ becomes the community for everyone who seeks technology, concepts or tools to improve themselves and their world.

Changing The World

A world of improvement is available through ASQ, providing information, contacts and opportunities to make things better in the workplace, in communities and in people’s lives.

An Impartial Resource

ASQ makes its officers and member experts available to inform and advise the U.S. Congress, government agencies, state legislatures and other groups and individuals on quality-related topics. ASQ representatives have provided testimony on issues such as training, healthcare quality, education, transportation safety, quality management in the federal government, licensing for quality professionals and more.

What is QS-9000?

QS-9000 is the shorthand name for "Quality System Requirements QS-9000." It is the common supplier quality standard for DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation. QS-9000 is based on the 1994 edition of ISO 9001, but it contains additional requirements that are particular to the automotive industry. The ISO community of accreditation bodies and registrars considers these additions automotive “interpretations”. QS-9000 applies to suppliers of production materials, production and service parts, heat treating, painting and plating and other finishing services. It does not, therefore, apply to all suppliers of the Big Three.

PRP Industries Quality & Management Standards

PRP Anti-Corrosive coatings, and the cleaning and pre-treatment chemicals used with them, conform to QS 9000 & ISO 9001 Standards.