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Quality systems people – on your guard!

The last major revision of ISO 9001 the standard dates back to 2000. In 2008 only minor amendments were made, and the current standard does not consistently reflect the advances of the past decade so ISO has been preparing an overhaul.

The revision process went through several internal draft stages in 2013 and early 2014 and is now expected to be concluded in September 2015. The new standard will be based on the new common or ‘harmonised’ structure for all ISO management system standards and introduces several new concepts, including “risk based thinking”. Adding the word ‘risk’ to the quality standard certainly generated some debate! More to come later when the draft becomes available (expect Oct 2014).

Catch you soon!