What happens to my organization if it is currently registered to ISO 9002:1994?
The organization is not obliged to include within the scope of its certification all the products that it provides. (Note that the ISO 9000:2000 definition of Product includes services!). HOWEVER, for those products that ARE included in the certification scope, all applicable requirements of ISO 9001:2000 will need to be addressed. The standard allows for the exclusion of some requirements (via clause 1.2 Application ), but only if it can be shown that these requirements are not applicable to the organization. Exclusions are limited to Section 7 ( Product Realization ), and requirements may only be excluded if it can be shown that they do not affect the organization s ability to provide product which meets customer and applicable statutory/regulatory requirements. If design activities are required to demonstrate your organization s capability to meet customer or statutory/regulatory requirements for products covered by the quality management system certification, then these design acti