What are the benefits of the revised 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. Consideration of the needs of a
For ISO 9001:2008 the major benefits are: Simple to use Clear in language Readily translatable and easily understandable Compatibility with other management systems such as ISO 14001. For ISO 9004: Facilitates improvement in users’ quality management systems. Provides guidance to an organization for the creation of a quality management system that: – o creates value for its customers, via the products it provides – o creates value for all other interested parties – o balances all interested-party viewpoints. Provides guidance for managers on leading their organization towards sustained success. Forward compatibility to allow organizations to build on existing quality management systems.
There are a number of major benefits with the revised Quality Management Systems ‘family’ of standards. They are: Applicability to all product categories, in all sectors and to all sizes of organizations Simple to use, clear in language, and easily understandable Connection of quality management systems to organizational processes Greater continual improvement and customer satisfaction Compatibility with other management systems such as ISO 14000 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 business performance of the organization.
There are a number of major benefits with the revised standards : • More applicability to all product and/or service sectors and to all sizes of companies. • Simpler to use, clearer in language, more readily translatable, and more easily understandable. • Clearer connection of quality management systems to company processes. • Provision of a natural evolutionary approach to improved company performance. • More orientation toward continual improvement, customer satisfaction and resource management. • Compatibility with other management standards such as ISO 14000. • Provision of a consistent basis to address the needs and interests of companies in specific sectors (e.g. medical devices, telecommunications, automotive, etc). • The concept of the consistent pair – with ISO 9001 covering the minimum requirements and ISO 9004 providing guidance for going beyond these requirements to further improve company performance and customer satisfaction.
