Quality management system the early signaling of problems via a continual improvement cycle. In the 21st century, QMS has tended to converge with sustainability and transparency initiatives, as both investor and customer satisfaction and perceived quality is increasingly tied to these factors. Of QMS regimes, the ISO 9000 family of standards is probably the most widely implemented worldwide – the ISO 19011 audit regime applies to both, and deals with quality and sustainability and their integration. Other QMS, e.g. Natural Step, focus on sustainability issues and assume that other quality problems will be reduced as result of the systematic thinking, transparency, documentation and
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