The ISO 9001 Series provides general quality assurance guidelines as well as quality system models that can be used by any type or size of company anywhere in the world.

The Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the ISO 9000 series of standards for quality assurance in 1987. Its goal was to provide guidelines for consistent quality practices across international borders.

More than 100 countries have adopted ISO 9001 as National Standards.