Why ISO certification is important?

ISO or the International Standards Organization is an independent body which provides standards of the organization. ...
The ISO certificate helps to improve your business credibility and authority as well as the overall efficiency of the
business.

By using ISO 9001:2015, your business can benefit from consistently providing customers with high quality products and
services. The process of continual improvement ensures your business becomes more efficient, reduces errors and
maintains a high standard of service delivery.

Benefits of a certified ISO 9001 quality management system

As an organization, you can always choose to work in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard, but you can also choose to
be certified by an independent party (such as a certification body). In practice, eight (8) major benefits in choosing
a certified ISO 9001 quality management system:

1. You have objective proof that your organization attaches great importance to quality and that you have it checked
regularly by an independent party. This commitment increases confidence in your organization.
2. You achieve higher operating efficiency. Organizations that consider quality management to be an integral part of
their business operations usually achieve higher operating efficiency than those that do not.
3. Increases the quality of your services and raises your staff’s awareness.
4. Ensures clear processes and (communication) structures, tasks and responsibilities throughout the entire
organization. This increases the involvement of your staff, which improves the working atmosphere and reduces
the pressure of work.
5. Detect and identify problems in good time, which means that you can quickly take steps to avoid the same
mistakes in the future.
6. You make it clear to your staff, your partners, your clients and the outside world that customer satisfaction is at
the core of your business.
7. Gives you a positive company image, raising you up to the level of your competitors or perhaps even a level higher.
8. It is possible also in your commercial interest, seeing that more and more clients demand that their suppliers work
in accordance with a certified ISO 9001 quality management system.

How Many Clauses Are In ISO 9001?

How many clauses are in ISO 9001? In the most recent 2015 version of ISO 9001, there are 10 separate, top-
level clause headings. Below those headings are 56 sub-clauses that each define over 300 individual
requirements.

1. Scope
2. Normative References
3. Terms and Definitions
4. Context of the Organization
5. Leadership
6. Planning
7. Support
8. Operation
9. Performance Evaluation
10. Improvement