ISO/TC 176

About

Secretariat: SCC

Committee Manager:

Mr Mark Schuessler
Chairperson (until end 2026):

Mr Jeffrey Hunt
ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:

Ms Sally Swingewood

ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:

Ms Nicola Perou
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.

Note :

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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Business plans

TC Business plans for public review
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ISO Electronic applications

IT Tools that help support the standards development process
Public material

Browse documents made available by this group

This committee contributes with 3 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

No Poverty

Gender Equality

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Reduced Inequalities

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Responsible Consumption and Production

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Published ISO standards *

of which 2 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 176

ISO standards under development *

of which 1 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 176

Participating members

Observing members

* number includes updates

Structure
Liaisons

Reference	Title	Type
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 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
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 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
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
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