ISO 9001 Update Delayed until the Middle of 2009

**Crusader** · #1 22nd August 2006, 04:05 PM

ISO 9001 Update Delayed

by Quality Digest

The release of an updated version of ISO 9001 has been delayed until the middle of 2009.

The update was scheduled for release in 2008, but a failure to obtain sufficient support for a draft of the standard at a meeting recently held in Ireland has pushed it back, reports Quality Systems Update. The initial working draft was released in March and includes 24 possible changes.

QSU reports that group members reviewed about 80 pages of comments on the proposed changes, along with another 29 pages of comments for an updated version of ISO 9004. The latter is being designed to help companies exceed the minimum requirements of ISO 9001. The changes are reportedly aimed at improving ISO 9001’s clarity, ease of use and translatability, in addition to increasing its compatibility with ISO 14001.

For more information, visit www.anab.org/HTMLFiles/docs/Clips/ISO9Kdelay.pdf

**Sidney Vianna** · #2 22nd August 2006, 04:15 PM

Old news. The Next version of ISO 9001 - Any news?

**Crusader** · #3 22nd August 2006, 04:20 PM

Sorry...thought it was new. I searched and nuthin came up.
I cannot delete the post....

***Marc*** · #4 22nd August 2006, 04:24 PM

No need to delete the post / thread. Consider it a reminder.

*amanbhai* · #5 12th January 2007, 05:14 AM

this thing happened to me in the past too.

*amanbhai* · #6 12th January 2007, 05:17 AM

i beleive that it should be revised every 5 years or so. Correct me if i'm wrong.

*Mr Niceguy* · #7 12th January 2007, 08:09 AM

You are correct in that the ISO secretariat will ask national standards bodies for a decision on whether to keep unchanged/revise/withdraw about every 5 years. A rolling programme for technical standards assumes the process can be completed in 3 years which I don't think is achievable for major system standards like 9001. These working groups have vastly more participating member countries than the average and I expect all standards bodies comment on drafts. I have been on ISO drafting committees with just 3 participating national members actually meeting, maybe 6-8 standards bodies send comments, but the total number of comments on a draft was in the mid hundreds, so I am not surprised at any delay in getting 9001:200? to final draft stage.

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