Based on a reading of the ISO 9001:2015 Committee Draft (CD), the 2015 standard will further clarify and emphasize the requirement to apply a process approach. Although the requirement has been resident in the standard since 2000, this fundamental requirement has been overlooked often enough to warrant further clarification and emphasis in the upcoming standard.

ISO 9001:2015 will further promote the process approach beyond the existing requirements of ISO 9001:2008 in at least three clear ways. First, how does ISO 9001:2008 promote a process approach?

ISO 9001:2008 already demands a process approach

Arguably, there are several provisions within the standard that, if interpreted properly, demand a process approach. Here, only a few are considered:

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