Application of groupware to ISO 9000 registration via facilitated work sessions
Patent 5664183 Issued on September 2, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: June 6, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
A network application for automatically formatting and printing documents to be used as training and planning manuals to be used by organizational personnel in preparation for an ISO 9000 audit. The outputted documents can also be educational manuals for dispersing among organizational personnel common information for integrated strategic planning in preparation for the ISO 9000 audit. Facilitated collaborative work sessions among work groups inputting and sharing comments and ideas provide starting data to the network application.
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