A company must now understand its context before establishing its management system. There is a decreased emphasis on documentation and increased emphasis on achieving value for organizations’ customers, Jenrich added. We want to make sure you can do it in the way that works best for your company.” “The standard says, we still want you to have satisfied customers at the end of the day.
The new standard is less prescriptive, Jenrich said, doing away with the requirement for a quality manual and management representative and instead leaving it up to the company to devise strategies to meet the other requirements.
“This will enable better integration into an organization’s overall strategy, rather than management of a series of ‘bolt-on’ systems,” said Karen Lutz, senior program manager, EHS compliance and sustainability for TRC, in her article “Update: Environmental Management Systems Standard ISO 14001-2015.” “A common structure should make it easier for organizations to implement multiple standards because they will all share the same basic language and the same basic requirements,” he said. A Lot in Commonįabricators and metal formers familiar with previous ISO versions and other standards, such as the AS9000 Aerospace Basic Quality System Standard, and those issued by other organizations, such as the American Society for Quality (ASQ), will recognize that the ISO structure has been reorganized to integrate with other standards via a common structure and 10 clauses:Ī common structure is possible because basic concepts such as management, customer requirements, policy, procedure planning, performance, objective, control, monitoring, measurement, auditing, decision-making, corrective action, and nonconformity are common to all management system standards, according to Chuck Jenrich, an ISO certification specialist. They also require that the manufacturer determine its context both internally and externally. Key changes to both the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards are that they are structured to align with other standards are less prescriptive require greater upper management involvement and require less documentation but more emphasis on defining processes and risks and opportunities planning. Fabricators can continue to use the 20 standards until September 2018, but they won’t find validating agencies certifying the 2008 revision after September 2016. In September 2015, the universally recognized global standards body released its 9001:2015 standards for quality management systems (QMS) and 14001:2015 for environmental management systems (EMS). The newest International Standards Organization (ISO) standards revisions are restructured to have the same 10 clauses as other management systems, making them simpler for manufacturers and other organizations to integrate their standards and certification efforts.įabricators, metal formers, and other manufacturers can now begin International Standards Organization (ISO) 2015 certifications.