Most organizations attain ISO 9001 (AS9100/TS-16949/TL-9000, etc...) certification to satisfy a customer requirement.
Realizing the tremendous disparity in the business model of Certification Bodies (albeit most are accredited to 17021), some people believe that certificates issued by different CB's bring different levels of confidence.
Since the actual users of the ISO 9001 certificate is not the registrant, but, in reality, their customers, should customers influence the decision of their supplier's certification body?
Realizing the tremendous disparity in the business model of Certification Bodies (albeit most are accredited to 17021), some people believe that certificates issued by different CB's bring different levels of confidence.
Since the actual users of the ISO 9001 certificate is not the registrant, but, in reality, their customers, should customers influence the decision of their supplier's certification body?