ISO 9001:2015 In Brief

A clear and comprehensive guide to quickly setting up a cost-effective Quality Management System Revised and expanded, the new edition of this easy-to-understand guide provides practical information on how to set up a cost-effective ISO 9001:2000 compliant Quality Management System. With comprehensive coverage of the meaning, history and requirements of the current ISO 9000 standard, the book explains how businesses can easily and efficiently satisfy customer requirements for quality control and quality assurance. This new edition covers all the major changes to the ISO standard for 2015 and how the changes will affect your work with the standard, along with direct, accessible and straightforward guidance that is proven to work.

ISO 9001: 2015 In Brief provides an introduction to quality management systems for students, newcomers and busy executives, with a user friendly, simplified explanation of the history, the requirements and benefits of the new standard.

This short, easy-to-understand reference tool also helps organisations to quickly set up an ISO 9001:2015 compliant Quality Management System for themselves at minimal expense and without high consultancy fees.

Now in its fourth edition, ISO 9001:2015 In Brief consists of a number of chapters covering topics like:

• What is Quality? – An introduction to the requirements and benefits of quality, quality control and quality assurance
• What is a QMS? – The structure of a Quality Management System and associated responsibilities.
• Who produces Quality Standards? – An opportunity to see how interlinked the various Standards Bodies are today.
• What is ISO 9001:2015? - The background to this particular standard, how it has grown and developed over the years and what ‘Annex SL’ is all about.
• What other standards are based on ISO 9001:2015? – Details of other standards that replicate or are broadly based on ISO 9001:2015.
• What to do once your QMS is established – Process improvement tools, internal auditing and the road to ISO 9001:2015 certification.

This is supported by:
Annex A – A summary of the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 - including an overview of the content of the various clauses and sub clauses, the likely documentation required and how these would affect an organization. A cross-reference to the previous ISO 9001:2008 Clauses is also provided as well as a complete bibliography and glossary.