Documents and records serial number

Answer:

New version of the standard has the same rules for documents and records and they are all treated as documentd information.

The reason for assigning the serial number to documents and records within the QMS is that the ISO 9001 standard requires documented information to have identification and description and this includes title, date, author or reference number. The serial number is not an explicit requirement of the standard, however, it facilitates identification of the documents and records.

For more information, see:
- New approach to document and record control in ISO 9001:2015 https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2015/06/30/new-approach-to-document-and-record-control-in-iso-90012015/