Transition from 2008 to 2015 of ISO 9001

Answer:

The most important thing about documentation in new version of the standard is that it refers to it as "documented information" and this term includes both documents and records. There are far less requirements for documentation in 2015 revision of the standard, there is no longer requirement for Quality Manual and six mandatory procedures as in 2008 revision.

In order to conduct the transition, you need to update your existing documents to adapt them to new requirements. Almost every requirement is altered to some extent and clause numbering is changed so every document will require at least minor updates. Also you will have to decide whether to keep the documents and procedures that are not mandatory any more, for example although the manual is no longer mandatory, lots of companies decide to keep it because they find it useful for their QMS.

For more information, see:
- How to make the transition f rom ISO 9001:2008 revision to the 2015 revision https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2015/10/06/how-to-make-the-transition-from-iso-90012008-revision-to-the-2015-revision/
- 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/