| ISO 9000:2005 – the ‘A to Z’ of quality management systems updated |
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17 October 2005
ISO 9000:2005 – the ‘A to Z’ of quality management systems updated
ISO has published a new edition of the standard in the ISO 9000 family that defines the vocabulary and describes the fundamentals of quality management systems.
ISO
9000:2005, Quality management systems – Fundamentals
and vocabulary, introduces no changes to
the descriptions of the fundamentals of quality
management systems (QMS), as presented in the previous
edition published in 2000. However, some definitions
have been added and explanatory notes expanded or added
to take account of more recent documents in the ISO 9000
family and to align ISO 9000 with these. Examples
include the following: technical expert, requirement,
competence, contract, auditor, audit team, audit plan
and audit scope.Youssef El Gamal, Chair of
Subcommittee 1, Concepts and terminology, of
ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC 176, Quality
management and quality assurance, which is
responsible for ISO 9000, explained: “The primary reason
for this new edition is to provide a single unambiguous
meaning of key words used in various management systems
standards, in particular, ISO 9001:2000, Quality
management systems – Requirements and ISO
19011:2002, Guidelines for quality and/or
environmental management systems auditing.”The revised ISO 9000 also takes account of joint work by ISO and the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) on dependability.
To reflect these changes, a number of the diagrams appearing in ISO 9000 have been enhanced for the 2005 version.
ISO 9000:2005 will be useful for all users of standards in the ISO 9000 family, in particular for the following:
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