Certification is the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, process, service, or system in question meets specific requirements. Certification is also known as third party conformity assessment. ISO doesn’t provide certification or conformity assessment.

ISO 9001 is a base standard program in ANAB's fee schedule. Please refer to the information about the accreditation process at How to Become an ANAB-Accredited Certification Body.

The ISO 9001 standard specifies requirements for quality management systems. All requirements of ASQ/ANSI/ISO 9001:2015, the American National Standard (ANS) version of ISO 9001, are generic and are intended to be applicable to all organizations.