Purpose and scope
  For use by the public in providing training on the 
  importance of ISO 9000:2015 when it comes to:  
  Understanding the significant differences 
  Understanding the significant differences 
  between ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 9001:2015
  between ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 9001:2015
  Auditing and implementing ISO 9001:2015 
  Auditing and implementing ISO 9001:2015 
                     US TAG to 
                     ISO/TC 176
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    Normative references = “indispensable”
    ISO 9001:2015 identifies only one document as 
    “normatively referenced” and “indispensable 
    for its application”: 
            ISO 9000:2015
            ISO 9000:2015
            Quality management systems — 
            Quality management systems — 
            Fundamentals and vocabulary
            Fundamentals and vocabulary        US TAG to 
                                               ISO/TC 176
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       “indispensable”
       Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
         adjective in·dis·pens·able \ˌin-di-ˈspen(t)-sə-bəl\
              – extremely important and necessary
              1: not subject to being set aside or neglected  
              – 
              2: absolutely necessary: Essential
              – 
       Oxford Dictionary
         /ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbl/ 
         too important to be without
         SYNONYM essential                                                          US TAG to 
         Cars have become an indispensable part of our lives.                       ISO/TC 176
         indispensable to somebody/something 
         She made herself indispensable to the department.
         indispensable for something/for doing something 
         A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.
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      ISO 9000 series
      Three standards in the series:
         ISO 9000                  ISO 9001                  ISO 9004
         ISO 9000                  ISO 9001                  ISO 9004
          New Revisions released together in 2015       Currently under revision
                                                            US TAG to 
                                                            ISO/TC 176
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       ISO 9000 series
       ISO 9000                        ISO 9001                        ISO 9004
       ISO 9000                        ISO 9001                        ISO 9004
       Quality management              Quality management              Managing for the 
       Quality management              Quality management              Managing for the 
       systems—                        systems—                        sustained success of 
       systems—                        systems—                        sustained success of 
       Fundamentals and                Requirements                    an organization—
       Fundamentals and                Requirements                    an organization—
       vocabulary                                                      A quality management 
       vocabulary                                                      A quality management 
                                                                       approach
                                                                       approach
       Essential background for        Requirements aimed              Guidance for organizations 
       Essential background for        Requirements aimed              Guidance for organizations 
       the proper understanding        primarily at giving             that choose to progress 
       the proper understanding        primarily at giving             that choose to progress 
       and implementation of           confidence in the products      beyond ISO 9001 
       and implementation of           confidence in the products      beyond ISO 9001 
       ISO 9001                        and services                    requirements to address 
       ISO 9001                        and services                    requirements to address 
                                       an organization provides,       a broader range of topics 
                                       an organization provides,       a broader range of topics 
                                       thereby improving               that can lead to continual 
                                       thereby improving               that can lead to continual 
                                       customer satisfaction           improvement of the 
                                       customer satisfaction           improvement of the 
                                                                       organization's overall 
                                                                       organization's overall 
                                                                       performance 
                                                                       performance 
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