From April 10 through July 3, 2025, ISO (International Organization for Standardization) had the opportunity to vote on a draft update to the global standard ISO 9000 “Quality management—Fundamentals and vocabulary.” ISO 9000 is the companion document to the more widely known ISO 9001. It contains definitions for many technical terms and describes in brief essays the conceptual structure underlying quality management.
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The most recently published edition, the one currently valid, dates from 2015; even if the proposed updates are approved without any argument, the official ISO publication schedule means they won’t come into effect until 2026—fully 11 years after the version that’s in force today.
Right now, in the middle of the voting and review cycle, there’s still a chance that some of the updates won’t be approved, or that something new could be added. But the current draft gives us a good idea of what’s likely coming.
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Changes to ISO9001
I have to say that if you don't see the relevance of these topics to the ability of an organisation to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, then probably don't tell people in an article.
Try thinking of the ISO9000 series as relating to a Business Management System, which is what they do, rather than just "Quality".
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