What is ISO 9002?

ISO 9002 is an industry standard created by the International Organization

for Standardization. Its long title is "Model for quality assurance in
production, installation and servicing." Although ISO 9002 is now obsolete
and has been replaced by ISO 9001, the new standard has basically the
same material with the addition of a section covering the creation of new
products.
ISO 9002 Standards
ISO 9002 provides detailed standards for creating and maintaining an
efficient quality-management system. The requirements are divided among
20 sections ranging from management responsibility, which defines the
company's policy on quality, to the statistical techniques, which detail the
procedures that will be used. ISO 9002 standard requires business to
develop a standard language for documenting quality practices, create a
system to track and ensure and document that these practices are met,
and the establishment of an audit by an independent third party.
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification
The ISO 14001 Environment Management System (EMS) standard is an
internationally recognised environmental management standard which was
first published in 1996. It is a systematic framework to manage the
immediate and long term environmental impacts of an organisations
products, services and processes. Certification Europe is accredited to
certify your environmental management system to the ISO 14001 standard.
ISO 9001:2015
ISO 9001:2015 sets out the criteria for a quality management system and is
the only standard in the family that can be certified to (although this is not a
requirement). It can be used by any organization, large or small, regardless
of its field of activity. In fact, there are over one million companies and
organizations in over 170 countries certified to ISO 9001.
This standard is based on a number of quality management principles
including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top
management, the process approach and continual improvement. These
principles are explained in more detail in the pdf Quality Management

Principles. Using ISO 9001:2015 helps ensure that customers get

consistent, good quality products and services, which in turn brings many
business benefits.
QS 9000 Certification Definition
QS 9000 is a company level certification based on quality system
requirements related specifically to the automotive industry. These
standards were developed by the larger automotive companies including
Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler. This standard is obsolete and
has been replaced by either ISO/TS 16949 or ISO 9001.
This certification was for organizations in the automotive supply chain.
Organizations that wanted to become certified to the current version of
QS9000 would need to complete an application, undergo a document
review and certification audit. Once the certification was received, annual or
regularly scheduled audits would be conducted to verify continued
compliance to the standard.
The ISO/TS16949 is an ISO technical specification aimed at the
development of a quality management system that provides for continual
improvement, emphasizing defectprevention and the reduction of variation
and waste in the supply chain. It is based on the ISO 9001 standard and
the first edition was published in June 1999 as ISO/TS 16949:1999. [1]
It was prepared by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) and the
"Technical Committee" of ISO. It harmonizes the country-specific
regulations of quality Management systems. [2]
About 30 percent of the more than 100 existing automobile manufacturers
affiliate the requirements of the norm but especially the large Asian
manufacturers have differentiated, own requirements for the quality
management systems of their corporate group and their suppliers.

TS16949 applies to the design/development, production and, when

relevant, installation and servicing of automotive-related products.
The requirements are intended to be applied throughout the supply chain.
For the first time vehicle assembly plants will be encouraged to
seek ISO/TS16949 certification.