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Quality Management System

What is Quality Management System?

A formalized system that documents processes, procedures, and responsibilities for achieving quality policies and objectives.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as quality management system. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on quality management system

Requirements naming quality management system across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 13485:201621 controls

Top management makes sure the quality management system is planned so that it satisfies the general requirements in 4.1 and the quality objectives, and that the system stays intact when changes to it are planned and made.

iso-13485-2016::5.4.2 · Quality management system planning →

Management review takes place at least once a year. It is held more often where risk to meeting customer requirements rises, whether from internal or external changes that touch the QMS or from problems with performance.

iatf-16949-2016-quality-management-system-for-automotive-production::9.3.1.1 · 9.3.1.1 Quality management system performance →
COBIT 20194 controls

The enterprise sets up and maintains a quality management system that provides a standard, formal and ongoing way of managing the quality of information, so that its enabling technology and its business processes stay in line with business requirements and wit...

cobit-2019::APO11.01 · APO11.01 Establish a quality management system (QMS) →
EU AI Act4 controls

Providers must put in place a quality management system that ensures compliance with the Regulation, documented systematically in written policies, procedures and instructions, covering at least: a regulatory compliance strategy including conformity assessment...

EUAI-Art.17 · Quality management system →

Every computerized system is managed through a defined life cycle within the quality management system, covering the concept, project, operation and retirement phases, with activities that are systematic, planned, defined in procedures and scaled to the system...

gamp-5-good-automated-manufacturing-practice::2.1.2 · 2.1.2 Life Cycle Approach within a Quality Management System →

The organization shall have a quality management system that supports the achievement of functional safety and complies with a quality management standard such as IATF 16949, ISO 9001 or an equivalent, since functional safety builds on the quality processes fo...

iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::2:5.4.5 · 5.4.5 Quality management system →

Questions people ask about quality management system

What is Quality Management System?
A formalized system that documents processes, procedures, and responsibilities for achieving quality policies and objectives.
Why is Quality Management System important for compliance?
Quality Management System is a key concept in Governance. Understanding quality management system helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Quality Management System?
Quality Management System appears in the requirement text of ISO 13485:2016, IATF 16949:2016 - Quality Management System for Automotive Production, COBIT 2019, EU AI Act, GAMP 5 - Good Automated Manufacturing Practice. Across these standards we have identified 41 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Quality Management System?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how quality management system applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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