PowerPoint Presentation - QMS Implementation

Elsmar.com

Rev: Pre-C

Rendered: Friday, February 13, 2004

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Slide 109

Quality Management System Implementation

Project Scope Considerations

•Single Location

Current company / facility status

Scope of registration

Training needs

Implementation strategy

Resource allotment

•Multiple Locations

Single or shared certificate

Degree of shared documentation

Degree of shared data / information systems

Network Capacity / Capability

NOTE: Single location considerations all apply to multiple location projects.


	Different companies look at their registrations differently. Some have multiple locations on a single certificate. It’s cheaper, generally, to do so. You ‘make a deal’ with the registrar. As with everything else, the more you want to buy in a ‘chunk’, the quicker they are to offer a discount.

	Those who chose to have each location on a different certificate are typically looking at the weakest link aspect of a single certificate: If 1 location ‘fails’, all locations are affected.

	The other aspects noted above should be self explanatory.

	You can register 1 location in a corporation. Or you can register a corporation. You can even, theoretically, register one part of an individual facility. You address this issue in your registration Scope statement. You should discuss the scope of your registration very early in your contact with registrars (prior to or during the interview process).