Why did your company decide not to certify to ISO 9001:2015?

Many companies decided not to seek certification for a transition to ISO 9001:2015.  On September 15, 2018, their certification to ISO 9001:2008 was no longer valid unless they entered into an agreement with a certification company. No one has yet conducted a thorough post-mortem on this situation.  However, there are some clear deficiencies in how ISO 9001:2015 was written and how it was presented to the companies that were already certified to ISO 9001:2008. Continue reading →