Icy Mountain
Sachem
Hello everyone,
Well, it must be very cold in the nether regions.
Our company has just embarked on a Project to register to the TS16949:2002 Standard. We have hired a consultant (one I recommended and our top management raved about, sweet) . Our first meetings were this week and we have already put a lot of rubber on the road. This person will also be a contract employee to perform our Internal Audit function.
Our schedule is to have registration audits in mid-December. However, I will not be dissappointed if that actually ends up being mid-January (2005). Some here have listened when I made the point that our very experienced staff also has a lot of vacation and we run at rather low staffing levels in December.
Finally, to answer before it's asked: We have a SERIOUS customer requirement (i.e. both the customer and the requirement cannot be ignored). Otherwise, we would not go through this process, since we already have things pretty well under control (this has been discussed in many other threads).
I'll post back here when I can and let everyone know how it goes. BTW, I am not the Quality Manager, Project Manager or the Management Rep. but I do know who's going to do most of the work.
Well, it must be very cold in the nether regions.
Our company has just embarked on a Project to register to the TS16949:2002 Standard. We have hired a consultant (one I recommended and our top management raved about, sweet) . Our first meetings were this week and we have already put a lot of rubber on the road. This person will also be a contract employee to perform our Internal Audit function.
Our schedule is to have registration audits in mid-December. However, I will not be dissappointed if that actually ends up being mid-January (2005). Some here have listened when I made the point that our very experienced staff also has a lot of vacation and we run at rather low staffing levels in December.
Finally, to answer before it's asked: We have a SERIOUS customer requirement (i.e. both the customer and the requirement cannot be ignored). Otherwise, we would not go through this process, since we already have things pretty well under control (this has been discussed in many other threads).
I'll post back here when I can and let everyone know how it goes. BTW, I am not the Quality Manager, Project Manager or the Management Rep. but I do know who's going to do most of the work.