A Better ISO Registration System Awaits Developing Companies in 2015 (Demo)

Global economic indicators from WatchEconomy.com show that the U.S. economy will have grown by 3.562 percent in 2015. To business owners, this steady growth means an opportunity for expansion. However as the market proves to be more competitive, a business’ expansion endeavors must be carried out hand-in-hand with quality management system enhancement. Undergoing ISO registration in 2015 is a good start to having a more streamlined business for the next 10 years or so. Just as businesses are hard at work improving their operations and product/service quality, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is also busy preparing a more comprehensive and industry-specific variant of the current ISO 9001 for the coming year. They’ve polished portions of the existing standards, including replacing some vague terminologies with more generic ones. Below is an excerpt from an article for QualityDigest.com that discusses the bases for the enhancements that the ISO made to the current standards.

“Goals Although the revised standard will not change the current requirements, it will standardize the language as well as the approaches to management. The revision has several goals: • Provide a stable framework of requirements for the next 10 years. Based on the introduction of eight major quality management principles: 1. Improved consistency with traceability 2. Enhanced customer focus 3. Focused leadership 4. The involvement of people 5. A system approach to management 6. Continual improvement 7. A factual approach to decision making 8. Mutually beneficial supplier relationships”

ISO standards, including the registration process, are bound to be revised at least once every five years. Revisions are necessary to cope with the ever changing demands and laws that delimit the market. A draft of the revised standards is often shown to the public prior to implementation to allow companies planning to get certification from an authorized ISO 9001 registrar to have a glimpse of the potential requirements, which in turn will help hasten the certification process. Certification bodies like the International Standards Authority are the first ones to be influenced by the major changes in the upcoming revised ISO 9001. For businesses planning to get certification from any of them, it’s crucial to be well-oriented on the developments in the standards before registering or being accredited. For certain, all these changes will apply to the registration process and to the rules governing the maintenance of the certification. (Source: Getting Ready for ISO 9001:2015, qualitydigest.com)