Wilhelm Wick - RWTUV AG

The internationalisation and globalisation of business and the harmonisation of legislation in Europe has forced all companies to reconsider their organisation structure. the operational control and their quality assurance. The idea of total quality management together with a new safety and environmental philosophy are more and more the key to business ,success. The idea of quality approved products is today changing into [I process orientated approach to quality assumnce under the focus of jinancial controlling. This leads to the point that process integrated quality monitoring systems and measurements replaced testing and evaluation of products only at the end of the production. Hence current certification services are focusing on the quality of production process rather than on products. In addition the new IT technology has sent a new impuls to the market. Business becomes quicker and ,ylobal trading or cross national business activities are already the rule and not the exception anymore.