Revision of ISO 9001:2015 QMS Standard

Revision of ISO 9001:2015 QMS Standard

 

All ISO Standards are revised every five years to establish if a revision is required to keep the standard current and relevant for the users.

 

Typically, ISO 9001:2015 QMS standard gets revised every 6 to 8 years.

 

ISO 9001 standard’s revision history is as under:

First issue published – 1987

First revision – Second issue published – 1994 – after 7 years

Second revision – Third issue published – 2000 – after 6 years

Third revision – Fourth issue published – 2008 – after 8 years

Fourth revision – Fifth revision published – 2015 – after 7 years

 

As per the history of ISO 9001 standard, revision of the standard is due, but following news may surprise you:

 

- Members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 176, Sub-Committee 2 (TC176/SC2) have taken the surprising decision not to proceed with the much-anticipated update of ISO 9001:2015.

 

- TC176/SC2 conducted a systematic review of ISO 9001:2015 “Quality management systems — Requirements”. By the narrowest of margins, they agreed that ISO 9001:2015 should be unchanged.

 

Accordingly, we may not see the next revision of the standard until the year 2030.

 

Best wishes,

Keshav Ram Singhal