The new version of ISO 9001, which you will need to comply with at your next triennial assessment, is mostly a drastic rearrangement of the old standard in order to fit it into a new 'process model'. It's a bit like putting it through a blender to give it a smoother look. The older version of the standard had a rather ad-hoc structure, but the rearrangement means going through the tedious exercise of linking your current quality system documentation with the new Standard's provisions.
To help with this task, here are our suggestions for identifying the new key 'elements' of the Standard. Forget the preliminary sections (Introduction, Scope, etc). These need to be understood but don't need to be related to any specific parts of your quality system.
Step one in your upgrade program is to use the codes in the table below to cross-reference your existing process reference documentation (policies, procedures, and performance support documents) to each part and section of the new standard. This will help you identify where you need to make detail changes to your existing processes.
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