This research indicates that ISO 9000 elements that relate to an organization quality system are hard to
implement compared to elements that relate to operational procedures. The elements that are identified as
difficult to implement and related to an organization quality system are: corrective and preventive actions,
design control, management responsibility, statistical techniques, process control, document and data
control and quality system.//
The elements that are perceived as easy to execute are: inspection and test status, packaging, preservation
and delivery, and inspection and testing.//
In addition, it has been found that companies that market their products in foreign countries, or engage in
intense interaction with foreign partners, perceive a lesser difficulty in practicing the requirements of ISO
9000 series of standards compared to companies that do not have fair market shares in foreign countries,
or lack of foreign interactions.
