We are planning on opening a small shop in Mexico,,,,,what is involvoed in ISO there.

is it pretty much the same as in the States.

thanks

We are planning on opening a small shop in Mexico,,,,,what is involvoed in ISO there.

is it pretty much the same as in the States.

thanks

A kindly moderator will be along presently to move this to the appropriate subforum, I'm sure. In the meantime, ISO 9000 (I assume) is an international standard, and the requirements are the same everywhere.

ISO is international, so yes, it would be the same thing as what we do in the USA (those of us who are ISO-registered, that is :D). If your small shop is in the medical device industry, there may be additional requirements (FDA, etc. - if the products made in the small shop in Mexico are imported into the US)....

If I've missed anything, I'm sure someone will step in and help. :)

thanks a bunch... And many, many thanks to the mods to move this to the correct place.

So,, looks like it may be easy,,,,its international. Thats a good thing.

cool..

We are planning on opening a small shop in Mexico,,,,,what is involvoed in ISO there.

is it pretty much the same as in the States.

thanks

In regards to the forum you posted, I´m sure a moderator will place in the correct forum momentarily... in the mean time... on to your question...

INMO, it´s pretty much the same as the US, just in Spanish.. :lol:

Just kidding... that´s the beauty of the standard... it can be applied to any country, culture, language, product, service or ....

What you might encounter as your main "problem" is cultural differences... depending on where you are in Mexico, what the education level of the employees will be and their acceptance to abide by procedures... it should be a fun challenge !

Good luck !

going to be automotive at first.

It is exaclty the same; I'm hard trying to implement ISO :bonk: in this company and everything applies, in fact the registrar will be one that is located at Dallas. Thecompany that I work is located at the border.

Culture is a challenge, well I'm not telling that this is general in Mexico I worked in other companies where ISO was very well understanded by employees but in this company most of personnel didn't have a clue about what ISO is.

AC

It is exaclty the same; I'm hard trying to implement ISO :bonk: in this company and everything applies, in fact the registrar will be one that is located at Dallas. Thecompany that I work is located at the border.

Culture is a challenge, well I'm not telling that this is general in Mexico I worked in other companies where ISO was very well understanded by employees but in this company most of personnel didn't have a clue about what ISO is.

AC

Anerol, I wouldn't waste too much effort trying to get them to understand, just the management team! My experience is that working on ISO 9001 in Mexico (even in automotive) was well received and people were excited to do it (get control over the processes etc., that is). We just didn't spend too much time going over 'ISO' other than why we were doing it.

I've audited in Mexico and I have trained people in Mexico and the only difference I've seen is that folks tend to be a bit more open and forthcoming.