Standards

These are just a few of the many standards available.

ISO 9001

https://www.iso.org/iso-9001-quality-management.html

The most popular family is that of ISO 9000. A family of quality management standards, there are fourteen in total. Of these, ISO 9001:2015 is the only one that can be certified to. It was first published in 1987, and has since been updated about every 7 years. The standard details how to put a Quality Management System (QMS) in place to better prepare your organization to produce quality products and services. It is customer focused, and places an emphasis on continuous improvement and top management processes that extended throughout the organization. It is a Risk and process based methodology.

ISO 14001

https://www.iso.org/iso-14001-environmental-management.html

ISO 14000 is a family of standards relating to the environment. It includes multiple standards, similar to ISO 9000. ISO 14001:2015 is the most popular in the family, and is the only one in which an organization can be certified to.

ISO 27000

https://www.iso.org/standard/73906.html

This family of standards concerns information technology, with the goal of improving security and protecting company assets. Started in 2005, the two most popular standards are ISO 27001:2013 and 27002:2013. 27001 is management-based system, whereas 27002 is a technical document, focused on the individual and putting a code of conduct in place.

ISO/TS 16949

https://www.iso.org/news/2009/07/Ref1234.html

ISO/TS 16949 refers to the automotive industry. TS stands for Technical Specification. Prior to the standard, suppliers were asked by car manufacturers to standardize to the regulations of each individual country, which often led to suppliers needing multiple certifications for the same vehicle.

ISO 13485

https://www.iso.org/iso-13485-medical-devices.html

The medical equipment standard ISO 13485 is a single document and does not belong to a family like many of the ISO standards. Published in 2003, with one revision published in 2016. It puts a QMS in place for the production of medical devices and equipment, and is very specific to the health industry.

ISO 31000

https://www.iso.org/iso-31000-risk-management.html

It is very important for an organization in any field to be able to manage risk effectively. ISO 31000:2009 puts in place a risk-management system to do just that. It was created in 2009 as an attempt to create a universally recognized program to reduce risk, eliminating the need for the many standards in other industries that include risk. The standard allows a company to better identify threats before they occur, and effectively allocate and use resources for risk treatment.

ISO 45001

https://www.iso.org/iso-45001-occupational-health-and-safety.html

Occupational health and safety.
The standard was developed by a committee of occupational health and safety experts, and follows other generic management system approaches such as ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. It will take into account other International Standards in this area such as OSHAS 18001 the International Labor Organization’s ILO-OSH Guidelines, various national standards and the ILO’s international labor standards and conventions.

AS9100

https://www.sae.org/iaqg/organization/9100.htm

An aerospace standard based on the ISO 9001 quality system requirements. AS9100 takes the ISO 9001 requirements and supplements them with additional quality system requirements, which are established by the aerospace industry in order to satisfy DOD, NASA and FAA quality requirements.