ISO-STANDARD.app

Quality that wins tenders — not just certificates.

ISO 9001 is table stakes for public-sector bids, framework agreements and enterprise supplier onboarding. ISO-STANDARD.app turns your QMS from a binder of PDFs into a live evidence system your buyers can trust — document control, nonconformities, corrective actions, internal audits and management reviews, all linked. Built for SMEs and consultants by a 25-year IT governance practitioner.

The problem with the typical QMS

Most ISO 9001 quality management systems are a graveyard of binders, SharePoint folders and Word documents nobody opens between audits. Document control is "save as v3 final REAL". Nonconformities live in someone's inbox. Internal audit findings are tracked on a spreadsheet that the auditor cannot find. The QMS exists for the certificate, not for the business.

ISO 9001:2015 was rewritten precisely to fix this. Risk-based thinking, process approach, leadership engagement — the standard wants the QMS to be the way work actually gets done. Most software tools have not caught up.

An ISO 9001 platform that gets used

ISO-STANDARD.app is ISO 9001 software designed for the daily reality of quality teams, not just the once-a-year audit. Document control is a first-class concept, with version, approver and effective date on every record. Nonconformities, corrective actions and audit findings are linked to the processes and controls they affect — so trends become visible without a quarterly export to Excel.

The PDCA cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act) is baked into the workflow. Risks and opportunities feed objectives. Objectives feed processes. Processes generate nonconformities. Nonconformities feed the management review. The system reinforces the standard instead of fighting it.

What's in the box

Controlled document library

Every policy, procedure and work instruction with version, approver, effective date and review cycle — exported as branded PDFs your clients accept.

Nonconformity & CAPA register

Log issues against the process or product, drive the root cause analysis, assign the corrective action and prove effectiveness on review.

Internal audit programme

Schedule audits by process, capture findings against clauses, link findings to corrective actions, and produce the audit report auditors expect.

Quality objectives & KPIs

Define measurable objectives, link them to processes, track performance — and feed the data straight into the management review pack.

Management review pack

All clause 9.3 inputs — KPIs, audit results, nonconformities, customer feedback, risks — ready in one export. Minutes write themselves.

Risk & opportunity register

Clause 6.1 risk-based thinking with treatment decisions, owners and review cadence — shared with the same register that drives ISO 27001 if you run both.

Who it's for

Manufacturers tendering for OEM contracts

Pain: The buyer's supplier questionnaire wants ISO 9001 evidence the binder cannot produce in 48 hours.

With ISO-STANDARD.app: Living QMS records exported on demand — controlled documents, NC trends, audit results.

Service firms (engineering, design, consultancy)

Pain: Quality lives in everyone's head; nothing is written down until the auditor asks.

With ISO-STANDARD.app: A lightweight QMS that captures the actual process — versioned, owned, reviewed — without becoming a second job.

Multi-site businesses with inconsistent practice

Pain: Each site runs quality differently. Group can't see trends, audits surprise everyone.

With ISO-STANDARD.app: One QMS workspace per site rolling up into group dashboards — same documents, same KPIs, comparable data.

Why ISO-STANDARD.app

  • Built around ISO 9001:2015 clauses — not retrofitted from a generic doc system.
  • Risk-based thinking by default — clause 6.1 is a screen, not a paragraph.
  • One workspace for multiple standards — add ISO 27001 or ISO 14001 without duplicating documents.
  • No long implementation — your QMS is live the day you sign up.

A QMS your team will actually use

Start a free workspace today — controlled documents, NCs, audit programme and management review pack already wired up. Take it to your next surveillance audit with confidence.

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AI-enabled — privacy-respecting

AI does the drafting. You keep the control — and the data.

How we handle data →

  • AI that assists — not replaces

    Assisted drafting for policies, risks, controls and buyer questionnaires. Every AI suggestion is reviewed and approved by you before it lands in the record.

  • Opt-in, workspace-scoped

    AI features run only when you invoke them, only against the workspace you're in. We never mine your data to answer someone else's prompt.

  • Your data stays yours

    Prompts routed via the Lovable AI Gateway to model providers whose API terms exclude your content from model training. Nothing is sold or shared for advertising.

  • Isolated by design

    Row-level security enforces workspace boundaries at the database. MFA, SSO, audit logs and least-privilege roles govern who sees what.

We never sell personal information, never share it for advertising, and never use your workspace content to train third-party models. Full sub-processor list and Acceptable Use Policy on the Trust page.

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Michael McCarroll
Founder · 25+ years
IT governance · Information security · AI
Why this platform exists

Enterprise-grade governance — built for the SMEs and consultants enterprise GRC forgets.

I've spent 25 years in corporate governance — aligning technology, controls and compliance with what the business is actually trying to do. Time and again, the same pattern: the organisations that win new clients aren't the ones with the biggest GRC budget. They're the ones who can demonstrate trust on demand. This platform is the tool I wanted for the SMEs and consultants I've worked with — institutional-grade governance without an institutional price tag, built on the way audits and buyer reviews actually happen.

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