Lesser-known Sector-specific Quality Management System Standards AND Guidelines based on ISO 9001

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19th October, 2022

ISO 9001 has been the most popular quality management standard used for certification by companies on a global basis. As per the latest survey (1) performed by ISO, the number of certificates for ISO 9001 in the Year 2021 was 1,077,884.

Over the years, another interesting trend is that ISO 9001 has been evolving into certain sector-specific standards and guidelines to fulfil the needs of specific industries. Some of these sector-specific standards like IATF 16949 for automotive industry and AS 9100 for aerospace industry are quite well known. On the other hand, some of the sector-specific standards and guidelines, based on ISO 9001, which are lesser-known, but are highly useful and value-adding, are given here:
Medical Device Organizations: ISO 13485:2016: Quality Management System Requirements for Medical Device manufacturing organizations.
Electoral Organizations: ISO/TS 54001:2019: Requirements for implementation of ISO 9001:2015 for electoral organizations at various levels of Government.
Local Governments: ISO 18091:2019: Guidelines for the implementation of ISO 9001 in Local Governments.
Rail Organizations: ISO/TS 22163:2017: Business Management System Requirements for Rail Organizations in the Rail Sector.
Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries: ISO 29001:2020: Quality Management System Requirements for product and service supply organizations in the field of Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries.
Software Engineering Industries: ISO/IEC/IEEE 90003:2018: Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015 to computer software development.
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Notes:
(1) ISO Survey conducted by International Organization for Standardization https://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink?func=ll&objId=18808772&objAction=browse&viewType=1