ISO 9001 Quality Management System - ISO 9001:2015 Certification
ISO 9001 quality management system is a famous standard being practiced over many organization worldwide. It specifies the clear requirements of business system and commit to the statutory and regulatory requirements. ISO 9001 standard applies to the business process that creates and controls the products and services an organization supplies. It provides systematic framework for business operation that ensures the needs and expectation of customers are met.
ISO 9001 had improved quality and productivity of organizations, creates awareness among staff about the business system, use of raw material and internal communication etc. All requirements by ISO 9001:2015 are general which is applicable to all organizations, regardless of type, size and product provided.
ISO 9000 standards includes are
- ISO 9000:2005 – Its specify the fundamentals of quality management systems
- ISO 9001:2015 – ( previous version is ISO 9001:2008) is the requirement standard and its main objective is to focus organizations on achieving their quality requirements, fulfilling applicable regulatory requirements, enhancing customer satisfaction and having a system for achieving continuous improvements in reaching their objectives.
- ISO 9004:2009 – provides guidelines for performance improvement based upon the eight quality management principles.
- ISO 19011:2011 – sets out guidance on internal and external audits of quality management systems.
Benefits of ISO 9001 standards in business
Implementing a Quality management system helps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of organization. Certification to ISO 9001 demonstrates the requirements of business operations and defines the expectation of customers.
- Its ensures the business requirements and defines the needs of customers expectation
- Its improves the performance and productivity of organization
- Adopting ISO in organization that business process has predictable
- ISO 9001 Certification helps in entering into new markets
- Business gets globally recognized
- Its loyalty to business which increase the stakeholders
- Improved communications, morale and job satisfaction in employees