IRIS is a globally recognized standard unique to the railway sector for the evaluation of management systems In 2005, the IRIS Group was established as a UNIFE Group with the goal of securing higher quality in the railway industry. This was to enhance supra-national competition by enabling any railway component supplier to meet globally recognized levels of quality for its railway components.
The aim of IRIS is to develop and implement a global system for the evaluation of companies supplying to the railway industry with uniform language, uniform assessment guidelines and mutual acceptance of audits, which will create a high level of transparency throughout the supply chain.
The IRIS system defines requirements in content, procedures and evaluation of audits as well as a requirement profile for the certification bodies and auditors.
