What Is The ISO 9001: 2008 Standard?
The latest edition of the ISO 9001 standard ISO 9001: 2008, Quality Management Systems – Requirements, was formally published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on November 14, 2008. It is the fourth edition of the popular ISO 9001 standard since it was first published in 1987. ISO 9001:2008 is a quality management standard that provides a generic set of requirements for organizations wishing to develop a quality management system (QMS). The ISO 9001:2008 standard focuses on improving an organization’s business processes. It does not specify any requirements for product or service quality. Product and service quality requirements are typically set by customers. However, it has been proven that organizations with effective ISO 9001 based QMS’s indeed improve upon their ability to meet customer, statutory and regulatory requirements. ISO 9001 is the only QMS standard to which an organization may obtain formal third party certification. Because ISO 9001 requiremen
