Organizations wishing to adapt an existing QMS

For organizations that currently have a QMS the following comments are intended to assist in understanding the changes to documentation that may be required or facilitated by the transition to ISO 9001:2008

An organization with an existing QMS should not need to rewrite all of its documentation in order to meet the requirements of ISO 9001:2008. This is particularly true if an organization has structured its QMS based on the way it effectively operates, using a process approach. In this case, the existing documentation may be adequate and can be simply referenced in the revised quality manual.
An organization that has not used a process approach in the past will need to pay particular attention to the definition of its processes, their sequence and interaction.
An organization may be able to carry out some simplification and/or consolidation of existing documents, in order to simplify its QMS.

Title: Organizations wishing to adapt an existing QMS
Article From: ISO/TC 176/SC 2/N 525R2