ISO 9001, the world’s most popular standard for quality management, is now under review, with an updated version due to be available by the end of 2015. How will this affect your company?
According to the draft design specification, the revised ISO 9001:2015 standard should (among other things):
- Provide a stable core set of requirements for the next 10 years or more
- Remain generic, and relevant to all sizes and types of organisation operating in any sector
- Maintain the current focus on effective process management to produce desired outcomes
- Take account of changes in quality management systems practices and technology since the last major revision in 2000
- Reflect changes in the increasingly complex, demanding and dynamic environments in which organisations operate
- Apply Annex SL of the ISO Directives to enhance compatibility and alignment with other ISO management system standards
- Facilitate effective organisational implementation and effective conformity assessment by first, second and third parties
- Use simplified language and writing styles to aid understanding and consistent interpretations of its requirements
