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- Instant readiness score across ISO 9001:2015 clauses 4–10
- Gap summary — which clauses need work, which are close
- Scope estimate, so you know what you’re walking into
ISO 9001 docs your Quality Manager
can defend out loud.
Every clause the auditor
opens the binder to find.
ISO 9001:2015 has ten numbered clauses. Four through ten are auditable. We cover all of them.
70Questions about how your operations run
40+Sub-clauses mapped across clauses 4–10
2–4Weeks from first answer to a complete documentation package
4–6Months, typical, from signup to ISO 9001 certified
Quality Manual · documented information per 7.5 · NCR and CAPA procedures per 8.7 and 10.2 · internal audit program per 9.2 · management review inputs per 9.3.2 · risk-based thinking per 6.1. Annex SL structured. Accepted by any ANAB, UKAS, or other IAF-recognized registrar that evaluates documentation on conformance to the standard.
Quality Traveler · Live
- Clause 8.7Nonconforming output
“Red-tag bin by the QC cage. Logged in NCR spreadsheet same shift.”
Mapped - Clause 7.5Documented information
“SharePoint with revision numbers. QM signs off before release.”
Mapped - Clause 9.2Internal audit
“Every six months, rotating through all cells. No trained auditor on staff.”
Gap - Clause 9.3.2Management review inputs
“Monthly QMS meeting; review frequency is quarterly per ISO.”
Pending
What’s in the Full Documentation package
- Quality Manual (Annex SL structure, scope and context per 4.1 and 4.2)
- Documented information controls per 7.5
- NCR procedure per 8.7 · CAPA procedure per 10.2
- Internal audit program per 9.2 (schedule + report templates)
- Management review inputs per 9.3.2 and outputs per 9.3.3
- Risk-based thinking per 6.1, tied to your actual operations
- 40+ sub-clauses across clauses 4–10, each document citing the clause it satisfies and the answer it came from
What you still own
- Implementation records — 2–3 months of completed internal audits, closed CAPAs, management review minutes, training records. We generate the templates. You run the meetings and log the records.
- Internal auditor training (usually $800–$2,000 from an outside trainer)
- Registrar selection and Stage 1 + Stage 2 audit fees ($4,000–$15,000, paid to the registrar)
- Industry-specific overlays — 13485, AS9100, or IATF 16949, if you need them on top
- Operating the QMS. That’s the part nobody else can do for you.
Total time to certified
- Documentation
- 2–4 weeks
- Implementation records
- 2–3 months
- Stage 1
- ~2 weeks after doc review
- Stage 2
- ~4–8 weeks after Stage 1
- Typical total, signup to certificate
- 4–6 months
That’s the list. Here’s what the docs sound like when an auditor asks.
The difference between a binder
and a defense.
Same auditor. Same question. Two different mornings.
Before · Template kit
“The organization shall establish, implement, and maintain a documented procedure to ensure that nonconforming outputs are identified and controlled…”
- Auditor
- Show me your procedure for handling nonconforming product. Then show me you follow it.
- You
- …it’s in Section 8, I think. Kevin, can you pull the red-tag binder?
Result · Major nonconformity · Clause 8.7
After · ISO Delivered
“Nonconforming parts are red-tagged at the station where the defect is found and logged in our NCR spreadsheet within 24 hours by the operator or shift lead. The Quality Manager reviews open NCRs every Friday at the 9 AM stand-up and assigns disposition — rework, return-to-supplier, or scrap — by end of day.”
- Auditor
- Walk me through a recent nonconformance.
- You
- January 14th. Scratched housing on lot 2847, caught at final inspection. Red-tagged at station 4, logged same day in NCR-2026, line 117. Disposition was rework. Re-inspected on the 16th, passed, shipped on the 18th. Here’s the record. Here’s the signoff. Here’s the shipping ticket.
Result · Conformity confirmed · Clause 8.7
Write it the way you’d say it to the auditor. That’s the whole product.
Three steps. No 200-question survey.
The questions are operator questions. The procedures come back in your words.
01
We ask real questions
When a forklift operator finds a cracked weld on the receiving dock, who gets tagged? Where does the photo go? Who signs off before the part ships or scraps?
02
We generate your QMS
Every procedure cites the clause it satisfies and the answer it came from. You see a draft. You redline it. We regenerate. Two to three passes is typical. Output: Word (.docx) for editing, PDF for audit.
03
You own the answers
Version history, revision tracking, approvals — all handled. When the auditor asks why, you know. Because you wrote it.
Three weeks. Eight thousand dollars. The question most buyers ask before they’re ready to hear that: why not just hire a consultant?
Four ways to walk into an audit.
I’ve paid for three of these. Here’s what you walk in with.
| Path | Price | Timeline | What you walk in with | The honest catch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hire an ISO consultant | $25,000–$50,000 | 6–12 months | A binder you paid for but can’t defend in the hallway | The consultant goes home. The auditor shows up. |
| Buy a template kit | $500–$1,500 | One weekend of search-and-replace | 500 pages of someone else’s company | Your registrar has seen that document eight times this year. She knows. |
| DIY from scratch | $200–$500 | However long you stare at clause 4.1 | Procedures that describe a plant you wish you ran | Your senior-most operator stops running the plant and starts writing procedures. Something breaks. |
| RecommendedISO Delivered | $8,000 flat | 2–4 weeks to complete documentation | Docs in your voice. Every auditable clause. Guaranteed against a major. | You still need 2–3 months of implementation records before Stage 2. We tell you which, and when. |
That last word — guaranteed — is the one a VP asks about first. Here’s the guarantee, in writing.
Pay once. Own it.
Priced like a purchase, not a retainer.
The Audit-Ready Guarantee
If an ANAB, UKAS, or other IAF-recognized registrar issues a major nonconformity against any document we generated, we rewrite it at no cost, a Quality Manager from our team sits in on your Stage 1 prep call, and we credit the full $8,000 against your next surveillance audit cycle. It’s in the terms.
Diagnostic + foundation
Best starting point
Readiness Analysis Report
$500
Refunded in full when you upgrade within 30 days — not "applied as credit," refunded.
- 35-question deep analysis of your operations
- Prioritized gap report, by clause and by week
- Foundation Quality Manual (scope, context, QMS scope statement)
- One 30-minute call with the Quality Manager who built this
Complete build
Complete QMS
Full Documentation
$8,000$7,500
with your $500 Readiness credit applied
- All 70 questions — your operations, your voice
- Complete Quality Manual, Annex SL aligned
- 40+ sub-clauses covered, clauses 4 through 10
- NCR and CAPA procedures per 8.7 and 10.2
- Internal audit program per 9.2 (schedule + report templates)
- Management review inputs per 9.3.2
- Word + PDF. You own them forever. No license. No subscription.
- Audit-Ready Guarantee included — rewrite + Stage 1 prep-call + $8K credit to next surveillance cycle
What this doesn’t do: walk your floor for you, or replace the 2–3 months of implementation records your team needs before Stage 2. We’ll tell you which records, and when. Every other vendor rounds this down. We don’t.
Not sure where to start? Most buyers begin with the $500 Readiness. Your $500 comes with you — if you upgrade, it’s refunded.
Every question we’ve heard from a VP, a CFO, or a QM’s boss is below.
The questions your team will ask before they sign off.
Will my registrar accept documentation you generated?
Yes. Our output is structured to ISO 9001:2015 and aligned to Annex SL. It is mapped clause-by-clause to the auditable clauses (4 through 10) and each document cites the clause it satisfies. Any registrar accredited by ANAB, UKAS, or another IAF signatory evaluates documentation on whether it satisfies the standard — not on who drafted it. If a Stage 1 auditor issues a major nonconformity against any document we produced, we rewrite it free, a Quality Manager from our team sits in on your prep call, and we credit the full $8,000 against your next surveillance audit cycle. In writing.
Why not just hire an ISO 9001 consultant?
Consultants charge $25,000–$50,000 and take 6–12 months. They interview your QM, write a binder, hand it back, and leave. A year later the auditor opens clause 8.7 and asks you to walk through it — and you cannot, because you did not write it. We flip the sequence. You answer the questions. You know the answers. Two to four weeks. $8,000 flat.
We already have procedures from a previous certification attempt. Do we throw them out?
No. Upload what you have during the questionnaire. We map your existing documents to the auditable clauses, flag where they contradict your actual operations (they usually do), and only regenerate what is broken or missing. You keep what works. You only replace what would not survive Stage 2.
How is this different from an ISO 9001 template kit?
Template kits describe a fictional company — "XYZ Manufacturing" with a "Director of Quality" who "conducts weekly management reviews." Your registrar has seen that exact document eight times this year. She knows. We ask how your shop runs, then produce documentation that matches your operation. The result is not a template with your logo on it — it is a QMS that describes your actual plant.
How much does ISO 9001 certification cost for a small manufacturer?
Three cost buckets. (1) Documentation: $8,000 flat with us, versus $25,000–$50,000 with a consultant. (2) Internal implementation: 2–3 months of labor you already have, plus roughly $800–$2,000 for internal auditor training if you need it. (3) Registrar audit fees: your registrar quotes separately, typically $5,000–$15,000 for Stage 1 + Stage 2 combined at a 50–200 employee manufacturer. Total all-in, using us: roughly $13,000–$23,000 to certified.
What is the actual time from signup to certified?
Four to six months, typical. Documentation is 2–4 weeks. After that, you operate the QMS for 2–3 months to build implementation records (internal audits run, management reviews completed, CAPAs closed). Stage 1 is about 2 weeks after your registrar reviews the documentation; Stage 2 follows 4–8 weeks later; then the finding-close cycle. We give you the week-by-week schedule. Anyone who promises "audit-ready in 4 weeks" is either redefining audit-ready or lying to you.
What are the mandatory documented procedures under ISO 9001:2015?
ISO 9001:2015 does not require a fixed list of procedures by name, but the standard demands documented information for: scope of the QMS (4.3), quality policy (5.2), quality objectives (6.2), control of documented information (7.5), operational planning and control (8.1), design inputs and outputs where applicable (8.3), control of nonconforming outputs (8.7), monitoring and measurement results (9.1), internal audit (9.2), management review (9.3), and nonconformity and corrective action (10.2). We generate each one.
What if we are not ready for full certification yet?
Start with the $500 Readiness Analysis. 35 questions, gap report keyed to specific sub-clauses, prioritized action plan by week, a foundation Quality Manual you can use immediately, and a 30-minute call with the Quality Manager who built this. Upgrade later and the $500 is refunded in full.
What about ISO 13485, AS9100, or IATF 16949?
Our output is ISO 9001:2015 first. For teams layering 13485 (medical devices), AS9100 (aerospace), or IATF 16949 (automotive) on top, we flag clause overlaps and upgrade gaps so your specialty consultant — or your internal team — knows exactly what to add. We do not pretend to write sector-specific documentation we are not qualified to write. If 13485, AS9100, or IATF 16949 is your primary standard, we are probably not the right buy — tell us first and we will say so honestly.
What is the difference between Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits?
Stage 1 is a documentation review — your registrar checks that your QMS is documented per ISO 9001:2015. Stage 2 is the on-site conformity audit — the registrar verifies the documented system is being followed. Most failures happen at Stage 2, when the records do not match the manual. We generate documents that match how you already work, so Stage 2 evidence stacks naturally.
What happens at surveillance audits in years 2 and 3?
You own the documentation forever. When your operations change — new line, new customer, scope expansion — update your answers, regenerate the affected procedures, move on. No recurring license. No subscription to lapse the week before your audit. No "call us for pricing." If a surveillance auditor hangs a major on a document we generated, the Audit-Ready Guarantee still applies.
Is ISO Delivered ready for the ISO 9001:2026 revision?
Yes. The ISO 9001:2026 revision publishes October 2026 and is positioned as "evolve, not revolutionize" — incremental updates to resilience, supply chain management, change management, sustainability, and risk. Any documentation generated today transitions in-platform when the final text is published. The Annex SL structure stays the same.
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