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i am in a consulting business and been around for quite some time now (after disconnecting myself from the chain of everyday, neverending audits ). i have some concerns about regulations of certifying bodies'/registrar i know.
is it really required that we have to conduct at least 1 internal audit and at least 1 management review before certification audit to iso 9001: 2000?
how ever i put the standard inside-out and bottom's up, i cannot find any requirement saying that we have to do those two "before certification". what were mentioned in the standard are: "shall conduct internal audit at planned intervals" and "shall review the org's qms, at planned intervals".
For example, i am officially implementing my QMS on 2005 June 1. i established an IA procedure stating that we have to do it every 6 months. in the quality manual, we stated that we will conduct the MR in 6-month interval. both documents will be officially executed starting 2005 june 1. we are going to be audited on 2005 september 02. on the standpoint of the CB, we have to conduct both IA and MR or else there will be nonconformity (i think they say it's a major NC). but on our side, i think we'll follow what we have in our own documents that sez every 6 months (counting starts on 2005 june 1) and not the requirement of our CB which comes after 3 months only (3 months earlier than the interval we specified).
i have also read iso/iec guide 62. i believe nothing was also mentioned about this. or is there?
need help...
is it really required that we have to conduct at least 1 internal audit and at least 1 management review before certification audit to iso 9001: 2000?
how ever i put the standard inside-out and bottom's up, i cannot find any requirement saying that we have to do those two "before certification". what were mentioned in the standard are: "shall conduct internal audit at planned intervals" and "shall review the org's qms, at planned intervals".
For example, i am officially implementing my QMS on 2005 June 1. i established an IA procedure stating that we have to do it every 6 months. in the quality manual, we stated that we will conduct the MR in 6-month interval. both documents will be officially executed starting 2005 june 1. we are going to be audited on 2005 september 02. on the standpoint of the CB, we have to conduct both IA and MR or else there will be nonconformity (i think they say it's a major NC). but on our side, i think we'll follow what we have in our own documents that sez every 6 months (counting starts on 2005 june 1) and not the requirement of our CB which comes after 3 months only (3 months earlier than the interval we specified).
i have also read iso/iec guide 62. i believe nothing was also mentioned about this. or is there?
need help...