About
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Secretariat: SCC
Committee Manager: -
Chairperson (until end 2026):Mr Jeffrey Hunt
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 1979
Scope
Standardization in the field of quality management (generic quality management systems and supporting technologies), as well as quality management standardization in specific sectors at the request of the affected sector and the ISO Technical Management Board.
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ISO/TC 176 is also entrusted with an advisory function to all ISO and IEC technical committees to ensure the integrity of the generic quality system standards and the effective implementation of the ISO/IEC sector policy on quality management systems deliverables.
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This committee contributes with 3 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Reference | Title | Type |
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ISO/TC 176/SC 1 | Concepts and terminology | Subcommittee |
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 | Quality systems | Subcommittee |
ISO/TC 176/SC 3 | Supporting technologies | Subcommittee |
ISO/TC 176/AHG 1 | Strategic Business Plan | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/CSAG | Chair's Strategic Advisory Group | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/STTF | Spanish translation task force | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/TF | ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/TG 1 | Communications and product support | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/TG 2 | ISO 9001 Brand Integrity | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/TG 3 | Quality management principles (QMPs) | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/TG 4 | Emerging trends in quality | Working group |
ISO/TC 176/WG 6 | Application of ISO 9001 in policing organization | Working group |
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 176
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 176:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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IEC/TC 56 | Dependability | IEC |
IECQ | Quality Assessment System For Electronic Components | IEC |
ISO/CASCO | Committee on conformity assessment | ISO |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 | Software and systems engineering | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 | IT service management and IT governance | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 20/SC 14 | Space systems and operations | ISO |
ISO/TC 22 | Road vehicles | ISO |
ISO/TC 34/SC 17 | Management systems for food safety | ISO |
ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 | Archives/records management | ISO |
ISO/TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | ISO |
ISO/TC 85 | Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection | ISO |
ISO/TC 163/SC 3 | Thermal insulation products, components and systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 207 | Environmental management | ISO |
ISO/TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices | ISO |
ISO/TC 212 | Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 213 | Dimensional and geometrical product specifications and verification | ISO |
ISO/TC 224 | Drinking water, wastewater and stormwater systems and services | ISO |
ISO/TC 232 | Education and learning services | ISO |
ISO/TC 258 | Project, programme and portfolio management | ISO |
ISO/TC 260 | Human resource management | ISO |
ISO/TC 267 | Facility management | ISO |
ISO/TC 279 | Innovation management | ISO |
ISO/TC 286 | Collaborative business relationship management | ISO |
ISO/TC 292 | Security and resilience | ISO |
ISO/TC 304 | Healthcare organization management | ISO |
ISO/TC 309 | Governance of organizations | ISO |
ISO/TC 323 | Circular economy | ISO |
ISO/TC 342 | Management consultancy | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 176
ISO/TC 176 can access the documents of the committees below:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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ISO/CASCO | Committee on conformity assessment | ISO |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 | Software and systems engineering | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 | Information technology for learning, education and training | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 | IT service management and IT governance | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 17/SC 20 | General technical delivery conditions, inspection documents and sampling for mechanical testing | ISO |
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 | Archives/records management | ISO |
ISO/TC 47 | Chemistry | ISO |
ISO/TC 67 | Oil and gas industries including lower carbon energy | ISO |
ISO/TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | ISO |
ISO/TC 207 | Environmental management | ISO |
ISO/TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices | ISO |
ISO/TC 212 | Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 260 | Human resource management | ISO |
ISO/TC 267 | Facility management | ISO |
ISO/TC 292 | Security and resilience | ISO |
ISO/TC 304 | Healthcare organization management | ISO |
ISO/TC 309 | Governance of organizations | ISO |
ISO/TC 321 | Transaction assurance in E-commerce | ISO |
ISO/PC 329 | Consumer incident investigation guideline | ISO |
ISO/TC 342 | Management consultancy | ISO |
ISO/TC 344 | Innovative logistics | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym | Title | Category |
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AKMS | Arab Knowledge Management Society | A |
ASQ | American Society for Quality | A |
CI | Consumers International | A |
CLEPA | European Association of Automative Suppliers | A |
CPM | College of Performance Management | A |
EAQUALS | Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services | A |
EC - European Commission | European Commission | A |
EFCA/FIDIC | International Federation of Consulting Engineers | A |
EOQ | European Organization for Quality | A |
IACS - classification | International Association of Classification Societies | A |
IAF | International Accreditation Forum, Inc. | A |
IAQG | International Aerospace Quality Group | A |
IATF | International Automotive Task Force | A |
IDEA | International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance | A |
IIOA | Independent International Organisation for Assurance | A |
ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation | A |
INLAC | Latinoamerican Institute for Quality Assurance | A |
IPC | International Personnel Certification Association (IPC) | A |
IQNet | IQNet Association - The International Certification Network | A |
NCSLI | NCSL International | A |
OAS | Organization of American States | A |
The CQI | The Chartered Quality Institute | A |
TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association | A |
WASPaLM | World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | A |
WFEO | World Federation of Engineering Organizations | A |
WHO | World Health Organization | A |
WOAH | World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) | A |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | B |
ITC | International Trade Centre | B |
Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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23 | October 2024 | Virtual () | ISO/TC 176/SC 1 | |
24 | October 2024 | Virtual () | ISO/TC 176/SC 2 | |
25 | October 2024 | Virtual () | ISO/TC 176 |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
ISO/TC 176 - Secretariat