According to experts, the benefits of today’s quality standards are not well known. Take ISO 9001, ISO 14000, and ISO 17021. These standards reinforce quality in any management system, says Steven Wilson, ASQE chair elect.

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?

Before January 2020, if you had asked an organization whether they had considered a pandemic as a risk to the organization, most would have answered no. 

ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification makes companies demonstrate their commitment to meeting the highest standards of quality and customer satisfaction. It provides support in continuously improving your quality management systems as a competitive advantage.

Knowing the environment, or being aware of your surroundings, is key to many a task. It’s at least one of the ways we express the importance of having all the information we need in order to reach a goal.

Company adds quality industry veteran.

Of all of the changes in ISO 9001:2015, the one that users typically mention as being the one they are most concerned about is Management Commitment (clause 5.1.1). Maybe it is because the change has been emphasized so much in communication and training. 

Michelman announced its transition to the ISO 9001:2015 certification for US operations.

Ideagen Enlighten will allow Johnson Matthey to efficiently measure objectives and KPIs across the business as well as manage all aspects of non-conformances and internal auditing.

The management systems auditing community has recently engaged in a lot of talk about how to audit a quality management system (QMS) when there are minimal requirements for documentation in the ISO 9001:2015 standard.