In order to get a comprehensive answer on why, in the long run, clause-based ISO management systems should be avoided, we spoke to ChatGPT for an answer – so you don’t have to take our word for it, and neither do we – the unbiased AI has spoken, and it gave us a better answer than we could write ourselves.

Posed with the question:

‘What are the disadvantages of a clause-based management system?’

We were given a solid and lengthy answer:

We could have went on and on asking for a books worth of content on the same question, however the point is clear – clause-based systems are simply not an efficient way to reach compliance, you may get one for cheap (or not) but how long will you have to spend understanding it, updating it and getting your staff to understand it?

Save yourself the pain of having to understand both the ISO standards you need to comply with as well as how an overly complicated clause-based management system works and get one which can be:

• Integrated to cover multiple standards
• Based on actual company operations
• Easy to update when standards change
• Readable by anyone
• Dual-use as a training manual
• Lean-style of documentation
• No duplication

See our integrated management system (not clause based!!) toolkit range here