QUALITY SYSTEMSINDEX

Evidence for how production quality is controlled.

Authority library

Standards and methods board

Each record preserves the issuing authority, jurisdiction, instrument or authority type, legal or operating status, version and application dates, affected audience, workflow mapping, source link, and interpretation boundary.

Voluntary international standard; certification and contractual use depend on the applicable scheme and customer context · international consensus standard

ISO 9001:2015

ISO 9001:2015 specifies quality-management-system requirements used across industries. ISO lists it as current while the sixth edition completes publication steps.

Published and current as of July 19, 2026; expected to be replaced by the 2026 editionInternational Organization for Standardization

International standards-development process · final draft international standard under publication

ISO 9001:2026 final publication stage

ISO lists the sixth edition of ISO 9001 in final production and says it will replace ISO 9001:2015 when published.

Under publication; ISO expects Edition 6 in September 2026International Organization for Standardization

International quality-management vocabulary and fundamentals · international consensus standard

ISO 9000:2026

ISO 9000:2026 updates quality-management fundamentals, concepts, and vocabulary to align with the coming ISO 9001 edition.

PublishedInternational Organization for Standardization

Organizations and auditors using management-system audit programs internationally · international guidance standard

ISO 19011:2026

ISO 19011:2026 provides current guidance for audit principles, audit-program management, conducting management-system audits, and auditor competence.

Published; replaces ISO 19011:2018International Organization for Standardization

Organizations in any sector relying on measurement results for conformity and quality decisions · international consensus standard

ISO 10012:2026

ISO 10012:2026 specifies requirements for measurement management systems intended to provide confidence in measurement validity and reliability.

Published; replaces ISO 10012:2003International Organization for Standardization

Testing and calibration laboratories internationally · international consensus standard used for laboratory accreditation

ISO/IEC 17025:2017

ISO/IEC 17025 sets competence, impartiality, and consistent-operation requirements for testing and calibration laboratories.

Published and current; confirmed in 2023International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission

Participating automotive certification scheme and applicable automotive supply-chain organizations · automotive quality-management-system standard used with ISO 9001

IATF 16949:2016

IATF 16949 defines automotive-sector QMS requirements in conjunction with ISO 9001 and sits within a separately governed certification scheme.

Published current standardInternational Automotive Task Force

IATF-recognized automotive certification scheme · binding certification-scheme rules for IATF-recognized certification bodies

IATF Rules Sixth Edition

The sixth edition governs recognition and certification-body operation in the IATF 16949 certification scheme and changes selected audit and program expectations.

Published; effective January 1, 2025International Automotive Task Force

Aviation, space, and defense supply chains using regional 9100 publications and the IAQG certification scheme · aerospace quality-management-system standard

IAQG 9100:2016 series

The 9100 series adds aviation, space, and defense requirements to the ISO 9001 quality-management-system foundation across the supply chain.

Current issued version in IAQG's February 2026 standards registerInternational Aerospace Quality Group

Aviation, space, and defense supply chains adopting the applicable regional publication · aerospace quality standard

AS9102 Rev C first article inspection

9102 defines aerospace first-article inspection requirements used to demonstrate that planned production processes can produce output meeting design requirements under the applicable contract.

Current regional version shown in IAQG's February 2026 standards registerInternational Aerospace Quality Group regional standards bodies

Automotive organizations and suppliers adopting AIAG methods and applicable customer-specific requirements · automotive industry reference manuals

AIAG APQP 3rd Edition and Control Plan 1st Edition

AIAG separated Control Plan into its own first edition and updated APQP in a third edition addressing sourcing, change management, metrics, risk mitigation, gated management, and traceability.

PublishedAutomotive Industry Action Group

Automotive product and process risk analysis where adopted by customers and organizations · automotive industry method handbook

AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook

The handbook provides a harmonized seven-step approach for design FMEA, process FMEA, and supplemental FMEA for monitoring and system response.

Published current handbook recordAutomotive Industry Action Group and German Association of the Automotive Industry

Global automotive supply-chain organizations adopting the joint method · automotive industry method manual

AIAG-VDA SPC Manual 2026

AIAG and VDA published a harmonized SPC manual covering process monitoring, capability studies, production-equipment and process qualification, and connection with FMEA, Control Plan, and measurement-system methods.

Published July 1, 2026Automotive Industry Action Group and German Association of the Automotive Industry

How to read the library

Binding requirements, official guidance, technical standards, implementation guides, program rules, and authority data are not interchangeable. Each page names the source class and states what it can and cannot establish about an organization or product.