I posted this on LinkedIn, as a reply to this post by a sales rep with "BSI Notified Body" who had just been assigned a new sales territory:
Same job - new territory. See too many negative posts about Notified Body lack of responsiveness - so here’s my challenge to industry- message me below and I’ll get back to you within 24 hours.
My reply was "disappeared" from LinkedIn within a matter of hours. Shocking, I know. But I saved a copy and thought some people here might find a good notified body rant very satisfying about now:
Since I’m in the enviable position of not needing a response from any notified body, I can comfortably rant on behalf of those who do:
What would be the point? I don’t think anyone who is complaining just wants a friendly reply. They want hard information, and they want it now:
o If they have no MDD-designated notified body, they want to know WHEN AND IF one of BSI Group’s two MDD-designated notified bodies will accept them as a client and can it issue them an MDD certificate before May 26? Bwaahahahahaha
o If they have no MDR-designated notified body, they want to know WHEN AND IF one of BSI Group’s two MDR-designated notified bodies will accept them as a client and can it issue them an MDR certificate on or before May 26? Bwaahahahahaha
o If they are an “existing” client of one of BSI Group’s two MDD-designated notified bodies, they want to know WHEN: When can they apply for MDR certification(s), when will they hear back about the application(s) they have already submitted, when will they get audited, when can they expect to have certificate(s) issued??? Bwaahahahahaha
[BTW, When BSI says it is prioritizing its “existing” clients, does it mean the clients it previously served under the MDD? Or does it mean the clients that “exist” for BSI, in the sense of it is not turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to them?]
Perhaps you could post some of the information that people who are complaining would be thrilled to know, e.g., how many “existing” clients does BSI Group’s two MDR-designated notified bodies think they have? How many of those clients have submitted applications? For how many devices? How many of those devices have already received certificates, how many are in active review, how many have audits scheduled, and what are the current timeframes between submission of an application and certificate in hand??? Bwaahahahahaha
PS Congratulations on your new role with...???? There is no "BSI Notified Body" listed on NANDO as a notified body designated under either the MDD or MDR, so a response from you would not be responsiveness on the part of a notified body, I don't think? Is this some internal unit BSI formed for the express purpose of confusing "existing" and potential clients? Or did it serve some internal purpose that superceded client considerations?
Same job - new territory. See too many negative posts about Notified Body lack of responsiveness - so here’s my challenge to industry- message me below and I’ll get back to you within 24 hours.
My reply was "disappeared" from LinkedIn within a matter of hours. Shocking, I know. But I saved a copy and thought some people here might find a good notified body rant very satisfying about now:
Since I’m in the enviable position of not needing a response from any notified body, I can comfortably rant on behalf of those who do:
What would be the point? I don’t think anyone who is complaining just wants a friendly reply. They want hard information, and they want it now:
o If they have no MDD-designated notified body, they want to know WHEN AND IF one of BSI Group’s two MDD-designated notified bodies will accept them as a client and can it issue them an MDD certificate before May 26? Bwaahahahahaha
o If they have no MDR-designated notified body, they want to know WHEN AND IF one of BSI Group’s two MDR-designated notified bodies will accept them as a client and can it issue them an MDR certificate on or before May 26? Bwaahahahahaha
o If they are an “existing” client of one of BSI Group’s two MDD-designated notified bodies, they want to know WHEN: When can they apply for MDR certification(s), when will they hear back about the application(s) they have already submitted, when will they get audited, when can they expect to have certificate(s) issued??? Bwaahahahahaha
[BTW, When BSI says it is prioritizing its “existing” clients, does it mean the clients it previously served under the MDD? Or does it mean the clients that “exist” for BSI, in the sense of it is not turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to them?]
Perhaps you could post some of the information that people who are complaining would be thrilled to know, e.g., how many “existing” clients does BSI Group’s two MDR-designated notified bodies think they have? How many of those clients have submitted applications? For how many devices? How many of those devices have already received certificates, how many are in active review, how many have audits scheduled, and what are the current timeframes between submission of an application and certificate in hand??? Bwaahahahahaha
PS Congratulations on your new role with...???? There is no "BSI Notified Body" listed on NANDO as a notified body designated under either the MDD or MDR, so a response from you would not be responsiveness on the part of a notified body, I don't think? Is this some internal unit BSI formed for the express purpose of confusing "existing" and potential clients? Or did it serve some internal purpose that superceded client considerations?
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