What is this PAS about?
Management systems are designed to improve the way businesses are run and many now have a similar structure. This PAS highlights the common elements and how to integrate them.
Who is this PAS for?
Why should you use this PAS?
This PAS simplifies the implementation of multiple systems standards and any associated conformity assessment. It also introduces some of the newer management systems principles outlined in ISO Annex SL.
It supplies guidance on planning, implementing and operating an integrated management framework, as well as monitoring and improving performance.
It outlines ways to integrate the common requirements found in management systems standards. This gives users an improved overview of their business and helps them manage risk. It also reduces conflicts between different management frameworks, increases efficiency and helps organizations meet regulatory requirements. The specification can also be used to meet internal and external audit requirements.
The key benefits of PAS 99 are that it:
What’s changed since the last update?
This is the second edition, updating the original 2006 PAS. It includes additional relevant management system standards not found in the first edition. It also aligns with ISO’s high level structure and common text for management systems laid out in Annex SL to the ISO Supplement of the ISO Directives.