Quality management principles - ISO 9000

We are trying to go for the ISO 9001:2000 certification by Jan 1 2007. I looked briefly at the ISO 9000 Generic quality management standard and cant appreciate the simple, efficient management principles which lot of us forget.

• Principle 1 Customer focus


• Principle 2 Leadership


• Principle 3 Involvement of people


• Principle 4 Process approach


• Principle 5 System approach to management


• Principle 6 Continual improvement


• Principle 7 Factual approach to decision making


• Principle 8 Mutually beneficial supplier relationships

The below URL has the complete description of each of the principles. I am sure this approach is generic and fundamental to any business. I cant find words to appreciate the standards.

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/iso9000-14000/understand/qmp.html