To my understanding there are many of the smaller companies dropping ISO9000 altogether. A number of small companies I have dealt with (less than 10 employees) were 'sold' the necessity for accreditation lest they would not be able to maintain government supply contracts. These companies went to...
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The Australian Standards committees are generally aiming to clone ISO Standards anyway to form AS. I cannot recall which, however there was an AS that was largely used in generating an ISO standard. Something in the industrial vehicle range.