OREANDA-NEWS. November 19, 2012. The 14th International Conference “25-year experience of ISO 9001: Outlook” was held in St. Petersburg. The conference was organized by Russian Register Company, which again brought together representatives of the leading companies for them to share their experience and to discuss relevant issues regarding the introduction of ISO into Company Management System, as well as to define upcoming trends for development of ISO 9000.

In the course of the conference the reports were discussed which were delivered by the managers of technical committees of International Standardization Organization (ISO), as well as comments and suggestions were worked through which were made by the Management System specialists of the Russian and neighboring countries` enterprises working in various economic sectors.

During the discussion special attention was paid to major alterations introduced into the new revision of the ISO 9000 standards, in particular, integration of risk management system into a company’s management system, as well as increase of requirements for a role of a company management within the frames of development of management systems.

A new version of the ISO 9000 standards is expected to be issued in the year 2015, and the experts point out that a change to a new version will be as smooth as before.

The said development trends of ISO standards and global trends of management development shall be used as a basis for the development program for companies’ management systems. It will secure compliance with the international standards, strengthen a company’s success in the market and increase competitive advantages.