Time for another ISO9001 Shakeup!

I was recently named as a US representative to the TAG176 for the ISO/TC176 Technical Committee!  And ISO9001:2015 is under review for a potential new revision.   I was thrilled to get involved, because, just like I did back in 2015 with my blog "ISO9001:2015 52-Week Challenge", I'll help you prepare and improve your quality system to align with whatever changes to the ISO9001 standard occur.  

Who are we ?
We are the ISO Subcommittee for Quality Systems. We are responsible for the development of ISO 9001 Quality management systems – Requirements, the most widely used International Standard in the world.  There are more than 120 member countries.  Did you know there are over 878,000 valid ISO9001 certificates world wide?

In addition, we produce the key ISO 9004 standard which provides guidelines for organizations who wish to go beyond ISO 9001, as well as other guidance standards such as ISO 10005, ISO 10006 and ISO 10007.

ISO 9001 is currently being formally reviewed to determine if it should be revised. Following the review process, a decision on whether or not to start a revision will be made by ISO/TC 176/SC2 towards the end of the first quarter of 2021.

As an input to making the decision, we would like to obtain the views of users of ISO 9001:2015 on whether the standard is adequate, or if it should be improved.

In addition, ISO/TC 176 has been giving consideration to “future concepts” for quality. We would like to test the acceptability of such concepts with users, for potential inclusion in a future edition of ISO 9001.

A survey has been established on Surveymonkey to obtain feedback. The survey is available in 13 different languages, with an additional Persian version on Google Forms. The survey consists of 20 questions and takes about 10 – 15 minutes to complete.

We would welcome your views via this survey, (or the Persian version via this one).

The survey will close on 31 December 2020.