The
comprehensive national quality assessment system
The
comprehensive national quality assessment system based on the Islamic Iranian
model and an accurate explanation of the quality field prospect is the basis
for the main- and macro-decisions, guidance, supervision, and establishment of
the country's quality system at the national level.
This system
covers and directs the fields of economic, social, cultural, and industrial
development related to quality, which will ultimately lead to the improvement
of the life quality of people in Islamic civilization. Achieving economic
growth through quality and standardization is one of the most important
financial goals of countries and is one of the tools that improve productivity.
The quality
approach based on the Islamic Iranian model of progress and the statement of
the second step of the Islamic revolution are as follows:
-Paying
attention to spirituality and ethics in models of excellence and quality in
society based on the recommendations of the Islamic religion and the
realization of the second step of the Islamic revolution as a direction to
provide all individual and social activities and the primary needs of society
-Emphasizing
the strengthening of the country's independent economy, which is based on mass
and high-quality production, justice-oriented distribution, moderate and wasteful
(excessive) consumption and wise management relationships
-Promoting
the Iranian Islamic lifestyle, culture, and work.
History
Achieving
economic growth through quality is one of the most important goals of
countries. In recent decades, quality has been recognized as one of the
principles of superiority in international arenas, to the extent that achieving
and spreading the culture of quality at all levels of society has been proposed
as one of the necessities of economic development in developed countries.
Therefore, most countries have national models based on their scientific and
national principles to recognize the leaders of quality and award the national
quality award. On 06/05/2002, the Supreme Council of Standards approved
the establishment of the Iran National Quality Award and the award’s model was
determined based on the model of the European Quality Foundation. Then, the
model of Iran national quality award was designed according to the economic,
social, and cultural conditions of the country as well as the characteristics
of Iranian organizations by exploiting modern management knowledge, and in
other words, it is considered a completely national model that can be used by
foreign organizations.
According to the
government law for the country's standard system approved on 10/03/2017 by the parliament
of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was also approved by the Expediency
Discernment Council on 11/25/2017, the Iran National Standards Organization is
the official authority for determining the National Quality Award and holding
the related ceremony and awarding of this prize. In addition, holding any
conference, seminar, and similar topics in the field of standards and quality
needs permission from the Iran National Organization of Standards.
After
establishing the Iran National Quality Award, November 9th (World Quality Day)
was named the National Quality Day by the Public Culture Council and included
in the country's official calendar. The national quality award is given
annually to the best organizations on this day.
Objectives of Iran National Quality Award
-Increasing public awareness of the importance of
quality and the need to pay more attention to it at the community level
-Moving towards a comprehensive quality management
system with a scientific implementation methodology
-Evaluating the country's organizations based on
scientific performance evaluation criteria with a product quality management
approach
-Systematic self-assessment of organizations and
businesses and recognition of strengths and areas that can improve by focusing
on product quality, comparing with other organizations, and encouraging
organizations to carry out self-assessment
operations
-Identifying the achievements of organizations in the
field of quality improvement
-Identifying the best organizations in the country,
confirming and honoring the organization’s efforts to improve product quality
-Increasing the competitiveness of organizations at
the national and international levels, as well as increasing their
compatibility with regional and international markets
-Pay special attention to the country’s current and
future economic features and requirements and the need to increase the quality
of the organization's products and services to be present in the national and
international world of exports.
Benefits for organizations
-Recognizing strengths and areas that can improve by
focusing on product quality and focusing on quality strategy
-Improving product quality and product quality
management and ultimately increasing competition and market contribution
-Measuring the capabilities of the organization and
product against similar organizations or competitors
-Exploiting
the promotional privileges of certificates applicable to products and services