@Track Communications Achieves ISO 9001:2000 Registration.Business/Technology Editors RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2001 @Track Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on SCP (1) (Service Control Point) A node in an SS7 telephone network that provides an interface to databases, which may reside within the SCP computer or in other computers. : ATRK), a leading provider of wireless-based vehicle fleet management and intelligent mobile-asset-tracking solutions, today announced that it has received Quality System Management registration under the new ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 standard of the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. . The registration, provided by Perry Johnson Registrars, Inc., is for the design, development, manufacture, installation and servicing of wireless-based vehicle management and mobile-asset-tracking products. "@Track's registration was a major effort undertaken by our company that we believe should contribute significantly to @Track's future success in the U.S.," said Jana Bell, president and chief executive officer of @Track. "We are committed to maintaining on an ongoing basis the ISO standards This is a list of ISO standards that are discussed in Wikipedia articles. For a list of all the more than 16,000 ISO standards (as of 2007), see the ISO Catalogue. About 300 of the standards produced by ISO and IEC's Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) have been made freely/publicly , which incorporate quality management principles throughout the company, to ensure that we consistently deliver products and services that meet our customers' requirements." "This new version of the standard goes well beyond the basic documentation and conformance requirements in the earlier 1994 standard," said @Track Quality Director Curt Allen. "In gaining the registration, we had to pass stringent standards in eight areas of our operations, including customer focus, business leadership, employee involvement, process approach, systems approach to management, dedication to continual improvement Continual Improvement (also called incremental improvement or staircase improvement) is a process or productivity improvement tool intended to have a stable and consistent growth and improvement of all the segments of a process or processes. , factual decision making and maintenance of mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" supplier relationships." @Track Communications (www.at-track.com), together with its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. Minorplanet Systems USA Ltd., provides intelligent wireless communications products and services using state-of-the-art technologies and networks. The company offers mobile communications, emergency dispatch, fleet management and mobile-asset-tracking systems to such customers as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Contract Freighters Inc. (CFI CFI abbr. cost, freight, and insurance ) and member companies of SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications, Inc. Currently holding 45 U.S. and foreign patents, with additional patents pending, @Track offers industry-leading, innovative vehicle-fleet-management by combining wireless data and voice technologies with GPS-satellite-tracking capabilities. @Track is headquartered in Richardson, Texas. Legal notice to investors: Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as the company "expects," "believes," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe the company's future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements generally involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other facts, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following: ability to leverage ISO registration to consistently deliver quality products and services that meet @Track's customer requirements; ability to leverage ISO registration to achieve and maintain substantial growth and increased stockholder value; market conditions; general economic and business conditions; business abilities and judgment of management and personnel; and changes in business strategy. For a listing of risks applicable to the future prospects of the company, please refer to the reports filed with the SEC, such as recent 10-K and 10-Q Reports. "@Track Communications" and the red orb logotype are trademarks and service marks of @Track Communications, Inc. "Minorplanet" is a federally registered trademark and service mark of Minorplanet Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minorplanet Systems PLC. "Minorplanet Systems USA" is a federally registered trademark and service mark of Minorplanet Limited. |
|
||||||||||||||||

Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion