Why IRIS Certification Is More Demanding Than ISO 9001
IRIS — the Business Management System Standard for the Railway Sector (ISO/TS 22163) — extends ISO 9001 with rail-specific requirements covering project management, RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety), maintenance management and supply chain control. Organisations from non-rail sectors entering the rail supply chain consistently underestimate the depth of these additional requirements.
IRISInternational Railway Industry Standard — required by major rail primes including Alstom, Siemens Mobility, Hitachi Rail and CRRC for their supply chains
UNIFEUnion of the European Railway Industries — governs IRIS certification and the IRIS database
RAMSReliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety — the engineering discipline required by IRIS that most non-rail suppliers have not previously implemented
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