ISO to cut documentation, focus on risk management
The time has come for the private and public sector to incorporate ISO 9001:2015 – the future direction in quality management systems that will do away with documented procedures and instead concentrate on risk management.
By doing so, they would be wellpositioned to deal with risks and protect their image and branding and in many cases maintain their bottom line and profitability over the long-term.
To this end, the Quality Management Symposium 2014 (QMS 2014) on Nov 25 this year supported by the Department of Standards Malaysia and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, would provide a detailed understanding of the revisions contained in ISO 9001:2015.
QMS 2014 will be organised by East Asia Quality Consultants (EAQC), in partnership with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Nuclear Agency and Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC).
ISO 9001:2015 is widely expected to form a basis for the future development of other management systems including environmental, health and safety, information security and energy, EAQC said in a statement yesterday.
The symposium will be graced by Dr Nigel Croft, chairman of the ISO Technical Sub-Committee TC 176/SC2, which is responsible for the ISO 9001 standard, the world’s most implemented standard.
Dr Croft, recognised as among the world’s foremost experts in quality management and conformity assessments of management systems, will be at QMS 2014 to give a greater understanding of ISO 9001:2015.
“Certification may be important, but it doesn’t stop there. You need to think about your long-term business strategy and the organisational environment in which you operate.
“You need to think about the changes to the marketplace, changes to technologies – how do you embrace them to ensure that you will be around five years from now,” Dr Croft was quoted as saying in the statement.
As chairman of the ISO sub-committee responsible for the development of ISO 9001:2015, he would
Certification may be important, but it doesn’t stop there. You need to think about your long-term business strategy and the organisational environment in which you operate. Dr Nigel Croft, ISO Technical Sub-Committee TC 176/SC2 chairman
dwell into the new standards currently in its Draft International Standard (DIS) phase.
The DIS ISO 9001 revision 2015 was officially issued in May 2014, for vote by member countries with the next step being the issuance of the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) expected in March 2015, and the publication of ISO 9001 revision 2015 to be achieved by September 2015.
Dr Croft said: “ISO 9001:2015 is not about getting a certificate but rather, about managing the business, providing confidence to companies that they are doing things right and in a systematic manner particularly in managing risks.”
QMS 2014 would impress upon participants that they need to take heed of what is surely a major revision clearly bent on ensuring effective and sustainable quality management systems in achieving organisational excellence.
It is crucial for companies that operate in such high risk environments such as airlines, oil and gas firms, service providers, as well as consumers, food and beverage firms, to adopt these requirements in the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard.
Against such a backdrop, QMS 2014 is set to be an informative and thought-provoking platform for new ideas and approaches in the implementation of management systems, as corporations race to beef up competitiveness in the business world.
The conference will provide delegates details of what to expect in the upcoming revised standard, ISO 9001:2015, and the reasons and objectives behind the revision.
Dr Zulkifli Mohamed Hashim, Deputy Secretary-General of MOSTI and Organising Chairman of QMS 2014, said that all organisations certified to the ISO 9001 quality standard and those seeking to implement effective quality management systems should attend QMS 2014.
Others involved in the application of management system standards, such as accreditation bodies, certification bodies, training organisations, and consultants, should also attend, he said in the statement.
The organising committee secretariat can be contacted at +60389112000 (ext 2606/2601) and +60342579001 or by email at sitihajar@ nuclearmalaysia. gov. my or quality@eaqc.com.my. — Bernama