The International Standard, ISO 9001:2008 is slated for publication in the last quarter of 2008. This milestone follows the issuance of the Draft International Standard (DIS) in September 2007, comments on the DIS due in May 2008 and Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) issuance in July 2008.
While there is the potential for change between now and publication, at this juncture, the anticipated modifications are focused primarily on enhancements that serve to clarify existing requirements and further promote ease of use across all business segments.
At the time of this announcement, the enhancements are largely driven by the following objectives:
- to incorporate improvements that resulted from an examination of requests for interpretation and clarification concerning ISO 9001:2000 from the user community,
- to improve consistency with the ISO 9000 Family, and
- to improve compatibility with ISO 14001:2004.
As a result, at this time, we do not believe significant changes to existing ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems will be necessary nor do we anticipate any adjustments to current audit schedules will be made.
We invite you to watch our website for additional 9001:2008 information updates and related service offerings in the coming months. Any questions may be directed to sales.us@saiglobal.com or call us on (877) 724-9001