Every revision of ISO 9001 invites a revision to the sector schemes based on it.  For example, the aerospace and defense industries’ AS9100 relies on ISO 9001 as its foundation.   So does the auto industry’s ISO/TS 16949. When ISO 9001 changes, sector schemes need to change with it if they are to remain sector schemes.  With the upcoming revision of ISO 9001 expected in 2015, we hear grumblings from some sector schemed industries about wanting to part ways with ISO 9001.  Maybe they never should have become so intimate in the first place. Continue reading →