ZED is a Voluntary Certification and the ZED Scheme is applicable to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises of Manufacturing Sector Only. Its a Process based Certification, the ZED Maturity Model was developed by Quality Council of India to Empower the Indian MSME’s to be a Global Player. The Ministry of MSME – Govt of India has Launched a Scheme to Support MSME’s to get ZED Rating. The Scheme is applicable only for the 22,222 MSME classified companies.
However this will not stop the Large Enterprise to adopt ZED rating as the rating is a Maturity Model which aims to assist the Manufacturing MSME’s to be a World Class