Morcs74
15th April 2005, 05:27 PM
Was accredited today with TS, it was our first shot at it as well so im well chuffed because we only have a 2 man QA team and im only 18!
We had two auditors for 1.5 days which i personally think worked in our favour apposed to one assessor for 3 days.
we hit a few sticky patches that should have been raised, one example was the fact that we hadnt done an R&R on a PFI, we simply use it to measure what a spring mechanism canb withstand, anything over 35 newtons is a pass, but they just could not get our head round the fact that there are no specs etc...
A tip for anyone going for TS, give the assessor a feel good factor from day one, ie. show them customer PPMs if you have 0, make sure everything is tidy and smart and looks like its working well, that way they are less inclined to look under the carpet. I know this becuase they did not raise one NC, whereas i raised 33 OFI's/NC's in one Control Plan Audit.
We had two auditors for 1.5 days which i personally think worked in our favour apposed to one assessor for 3 days.
we hit a few sticky patches that should have been raised, one example was the fact that we hadnt done an R&R on a PFI, we simply use it to measure what a spring mechanism canb withstand, anything over 35 newtons is a pass, but they just could not get our head round the fact that there are no specs etc...
A tip for anyone going for TS, give the assessor a feel good factor from day one, ie. show them customer PPMs if you have 0, make sure everything is tidy and smart and looks like its working well, that way they are less inclined to look under the carpet. I know this becuase they did not raise one NC, whereas i raised 33 OFI's/NC's in one Control Plan Audit.
