Venture Era is committed to meeting our customers' high quality expectations. To demonstrate our commitment, we actively pursue registration to relevant International Standards Organization (ISO) standards. In this effort, Venture Era partnered with SGS International Certification Services for ISO 9001:2000 certification. We have been assessed and certified as meeting the requirements for the Distribution of Health Care Products.

ISO 9001:2000 Registration

Venture Era is officially registered to the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems standard. ISO 9001:2000 certification demonstrates that Venture Era's quality management system provides effective management of internal processes to meet international quality requirements. The ISO 9001:2000 certification resulted from an extensive review of Venture Era's quality management practices by SGS International Certification Services.

All of Venture Era's domestic and international sites either are currently certified, or are preparing for ISO 9001:2000 certification.

ISO 9001:2000 is based on eight quality management principles:

• Customer focus;
• Leadership;
• Involvement of people;
• Process approach;
• System approach;
• Continual improvement;
• Fact-based decision making; and
• Mutually beneficial supplier relationships.