What has happened to the other standards and documents in the 1994 ISO 9000 family?
The 1994 ISO 9000 family of quality standards contained over twenty seven standards and documents. This proliferation of standards has been a particular concern of ISO 9000 users and customers. To respond to this concern, ISO/TC 176 agreed that the year 2000 quality management system standards would consist of four primary standards, i.e., ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9004 and ISO 19011. At present, it is intended that the other standards and documents in the ISO 9000 family will either be withdrawn, transferred to other Technical Committees, or replaced by technical reports, technical specifications or brochures (with the exception of ISO 10012, “Quality Assurance for Measuring Equipment”, which will remain as an international standard).
