ISO 9000:2005, Quality management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary

ISO has published a new edition of the ISO Standard that defines the vocabulary and describes the fundamentals of quality management systems.

ISO 9000:2005 does not change the fundamentals of quality management systems stated in the 2000 edition.

Some definitions and explanatory notes have been expanded or added to ensure that ISO 9000 is consistent with more recent ISO Standards.

What changes have been made to ISO 9000: 2005?

Example changes include the following definitions: technical expert, requirement, competence, contract, auditor, audit team, audit plan and audit scope. The new or revised terms come from Standards such as:

ISO 19011 (Auditing), 10 terms
ISO 10012 (Measurement assurance), 2 terms
ISO 10005 (Quality Plans), 1 term
ISO 10007 (Configuration management), 1 term
ISO 10019 (Management consultants), 1 term
The ISO Committee require that any conflicting National Standards are withdrawn by March 2006.

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