Do you know that if you Google ISO 9001:2015 you get over 76 million hits? If you just type in ISO 9001 (without the date) you get about 209 million hits. That’s not too shabby for a document that’s only 29 pages long and has been around for about 35 years.
Why do organizations even today continue to embark on an ISO 9001 implementation project, joining the 1.2 million others around the globe who are certified to this extraordinary quality management system (QMS) model? What’s the staying power? What’s the value – the appeal? Why does the ISO 9001 certificate still resonate with companies as the qualifying benchmark for managing their supply chains?