Product or service risk
The consequence of failure changes the necessary controls, evidence, escalation, and oversight.
Industry context
The requirement is shared. The operating reality is not.
Industry context changes risk, evidence, terminology, supply-chain expectations, regulatory relationships, and the people who must own the system.
Explore industries
Across regulated sectorsDifferent environments. Shared need for clear ownership, controlled work, and inspectable evidence.
Why sector context matters
The same clause can create different operating decisions.
Industry pages should not repeat standards pages with a sector name inserted. They should explain what changes in the work.
Regulatory and customer drivers
Applicable obligations depend on role, market, product, contract, and supply-chain position.
Lifecycle and supply chain
Design, suppliers, production, release, service, and post-delivery activity create connected responsibilities.
Evidence and traceability
Records must make important decisions, status, changes, and outcomes inspectable at the right level.
One operating system
Industry context connects several requirement types.
Industry and marketWhat changes the operating context?
→Applicable requirementsStandards, regulations, schemes, and customers
→Management-system decisionsProcesses, ownership, controls, and evidence
→Services and capabilityConsulting, training, auditing, and improvement
Industry directory
Explore by operating context.
Each guide covers what changes in the work: the risks that shape the system, the requirements that usually apply, and how scope gets decided.
Medical devices
ISO 13485, FDA readiness, IVDR — audit-ready QMS for makers and suppliers.
Related requirement areasISO 13485 · ISO 15189 · ICH Q7
Sector guideGuide availableView industry guide →
Aerospace & defense
AS9100/9110/9120 and the documentation primes actually expect.
Related requirement areasAS9100 · AS9110 · AS9120
Sector guideGuide availableView industry guide →
Automotive
IATF 16949, VDA 6.3, core tools — built for tier-1 and tier-2 supply.
Related requirement areasIATF 16949 · VDA 6.3 · ISO/SAE 21434
Sector guideGuide availableView industry guide →
Food & beverage
FSSC 22000, SQF, BRCGS, HACCP — GFSI-recognized schemes, done simply.
Related requirement areasFSSC 22000 · SQF · BRCGS · HACCP
Sector guideGuide availableView industry guide →
Packaging
GFSI packaging schemes, ISO 15378, GMI, food-contact compliance — the practice QSE started in.
Related requirement areasGFSI Packaging · ISO 15378 · 21 CFR 176 · GMI
Sector guideGuide availableView industry guide →
IT & information security
ISO 27001, ISO 20000 — controls that pass without drowning the team.
Related requirement areasISO 27001 · ISO 27701 · ISO 20000-1
Sector guideGuide availableView industry guide →
Environmental & energy
ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001 — integrated with your existing system.
Related requirement areasISO 14001 · ISO 45001 · ISO 50001
Sector guideGuide availableView industry guide →
Laboratories
Method control, competence, equipment, traceability, impartiality, and result validity.
Related requirement areasISO/IEC 17025 · ISO 15189
Sector guideGuide in preparationNot yet published
Integrated systems
Organizations rarely operate one requirement in isolation.
An industry context may connect quality, environmental, safety, information-security, regulatory, supplier, and customer requirements. The design should help visitors understand those relationships without forcing every concern into a single standards taxonomy.
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