With more than one million certifications issued, ISO 9001 is the world’s most widely adopted framework for quality management systems, helping companies achieve conformity of products and services to meet customer expectations and regulatory compliance. The ISO 9001 standard has become synonymous with quality and confidence, so much so that many global organizations have made certification by suppliers, partners, and solution providers a prerequisite to doing business.

During the past three decades, ISO 9001 has undergone numerous revisions with the goal of making the standard extensible to the most current market and business conditions. In September, the 2015 edition of ISO 9001 was published with three timely considerations in mind: rendering the standard more applicable to globalization and service-based economies, better aligning quality management with core business management, and simplifying the standard’s implementation and integration with other international management standards.

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