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ISO 9001:2008 Released

The latest edition of the International Standard ‘ISO 9001:2008, Quality Management System – Requirements’ has been published by ISO. It is the fourth edition of the standard first published in 1987. ISO 9001 has become the global benchmark for providing assurance about the ability to satisfy quality requirements and to enhance customer satisfaction in supplier-customer relationships and is used by organizations in 175 countries as the framework for their quality management systems. Up to the end of December 2007, at least 951,486 certificates for ISO 9001:2000 had been issued worldwide.

There are no new requirements in ISO 9001:2008 compared to the 2000 edition, which it replaces. It provides clarifications to the existing requirements of ISO 9001:2000 based on eight years' experience of implementing the standard worldwide and the minor changes are intended to improve its consistency with the environmental management system standard, ISO 14001:2004.

ISO/TC 176/SC 2 has also developed an Introduction and support package of documents explaining what the differences are between ISO 9001:2008 and the year 2000 version.

ISO and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) have agreed on an implementation plan to ensure a smooth transition of accredited certification to ISO 9001:2008.

You can view summary of the changes that were proposed based on the FDIS on our ‘NEWS’ page.