What are the benefits of the revised ISO 9000 standards?
There are a number of major benefits with the revised quality management systems standards. Among them are: • Applicability to all product categories, in all sectors and to all sizes of organizations • Simple to use, clear in language, readily translatable, and easily understandable • Significant reduction in the amount of required documentation. • Connection of quality management systems to organizational processes • Provision of a natural move towards improved organizational performance • Greater orientation toward continual improvement and customer satisfaction • Compatibility with other management systems such as ISO 14000 • Provision of a consistent basis to address the needs and interests of organizations in specific sectors (e.g. medical devices, telecommunications, automotive, etc) • The concept of the consistent pair – ISO 9001 covering the requirements and ISO 9004 for going beyond the requirements in order to further improve the performance of the organization. • Considerati
