jadian’s EQ/M supports the transition to ISO 9001:2008

In November, the International Organization for Standardization (http://www.iso.org) introduced ISO 9001:2008, the fourth edition of the popular ISO 9000 quality management system standard. This new standard helps clarify requirements in ISO 9001:2000 based on input and experience gained since its release 8 years ago. Another key goal of ISO 9001:2008 is to improve compatibility with the ISO 14001:2004 standard for environmental management systems.

As expected, jadian’s Certification Body customers are adopting ISO 9001:2008 and transitioning customers to the new standard. jadian's EQ/M certification and audit management solution (http://www.jadian.com/eqmoverview.htm) has built-in tools and an upgrade strategy for handling these transitions smoothly. Our solutions enables Certification Bodies to easily add new certification programs and track the transition of their customers to the new standard without losing historical information. This upgrade/transition philosophy is applicable to any standard so when, for example, a new update is released for ISO 14001:2004, Certification Bodies can do this quickly and easily. The same holds for companies using EQ/M to manage internal quality systems and Accreditation Bodies managing standards like ISO 17021, ISO 17025, ISO 17024, etc.