Compared to the ISO 9001, the API Spec Q1 9th Edition offers no compromise. Every requirement is well-designed to ensure that your quality management system is the best in class. If you are considering adopting the API Spec Q1 9th Edition requirements, you are demonstrating a desire to supply the oil and gas industry with the highest quality manufactured products and services as well as a management team who believes that following well established procedures adds value and ensures long term quality.

 

While API Spec Q1 mirrored the ISO 9001 standard closely, API Spec Q1 9th Edition has made large strides to deviate from it. The API Spec Q1 9th Edition goes more in detail at every requirement, raising the bar and leaving no room to comply with just the “minimum.” Like ISO 9001:2008 the API Spec Q1 provides proven tools for companies to organize, assess, and improve the day-to-day processes that make them run, however it does so in a more detailed way, prescribing necessary procedures, programs and metrics to ensure your organization can meet the demands of the petroleum industry. Our API Q1 consulting services prime your organization for achieving every one of these requirements.