ISO 9001:2015 is the ISO standard familiar to the most people.  The standard has been around since the early 90’s and has the most organizations certified to it, over 1 million in 2013 across 187 countries. 

There are seven core principles to a QMS.  They are identified in the table below along with their benefits to the organization and different options for the organization to comply with the standard.

Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001)