Metre Convention Units" was published in 2006. During the 1940s, the United States government recognised the benefits of its suppliers keeping quality control records in respect of manufactured goods that would provide traceability of the process. This process was formalised by the British Government and in 1979 as the quality control standard BS 5750. In 1987 BS 5750 was adopted by ISO as the basis for ISO 9000. ISO 9000 is a general purpose quality control standard which works in conjunction industry-specific standards: for example ISO 15195:2003 which gives the specific requirements for reference measurement laboratories in laboratory medicine. International trade is
ISO 28000 operational benefits that are realized throughout supply chains and business practices. Benefits include, but are not limited to: ISO 28000:2007 is a certifiable standard. ISO 28000 ISO 28000:2007 (Specification for security management systems for the supply chain) is an International Organization for Standardization standard specifying requirements of a security management system particularly dealing with security assurance in the supply chain. Parts of the standard are considered "publicly available", while the entire specification can be purchased from the International Standards Organization. ISO 28000:2007 was developed to codify operations of security within the broader supply chain management system. The PDCA management systems