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title: "Your path to ISO 9001 certification in 10 steps"
description: "Practical 10-step guide to ISO 9001 certification: scope, gap assessment, documentation, implementation, internal audit and certification audit, with common pitfalls."
url: https://summaq.com/en/resources/guia-ruta-certificacion-iso-9001
language: en
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# Your path to ISO 9001 certification in 10 steps

A practical guide for anyone who wants to certify ISO 9001: what to do, in what order and where organizations commonly go wrong. Here you can read the introduction and the first three steps; we email you the full guide.

- About a 12-minute read for the full guide, also print-ready.
- We make no promises about timelines: they depend on your size, complexity and maturity.

The page shows the introduction and steps 1 to 3; the full guide is sent by email.

1. Be clear about why you want to certify
2. Secure real management commitment
3. Define context and scope
4. Run a gap assessment
5. Plan the project realistically
6. Design or adjust processes and documentation
7. Implement and train
8. Carry out the internal audit
9. Close actions and hold the management review
10. Choose the body and pass the certification audit

Use: https://summaq.com/en/resources/guia-ruta-certificacion-iso-9001

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