Do I have to have the same auditor for all company divisions

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Jamien

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Hello - can someone help me with the "rules" as to the obligation of having the same auditor for different divisions of the company. We recently got our Philadelphia location AS9100 Rev C certified - we are now looking to get our Florida, New York and Connecticut locations ISO certified. First my registrar gave me a contract stating the same auditor who certified my PA location "must audit all satellite locations in this ISO 9001 scheme". Now because that particular auditor only wants to do our AS and not the ISO I am being told it is not a "rule" that I would have to have the same auditor. I am not sure then why they wouild have put it in the contract in the first place. Does anyone know the actual "rules". Please not our PA location is our headquarters so all documentation (HR, purchasing etc) is kept there so our audits for ISO require a on site visit to PA in additon to the individual site.

Any responses would be greatly appreciated.
 
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AS auditors are in great demand, so they will not want to perform ISO 'vanilla' audits and, potentially, get less money/audit day.

It's your CB making (their) rules in this case. It's not a requirement for a regular ISO audit to have any specific lead auditor across all sites - indeed, due to costs considerations, many clients just want local auditors. The CB should be capable of coordinating the results to give you the service you require, not pushing a particular auditor etc.
 

Howard Atkins

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You are the customer the CB should explain the reasoning and the base for the rules. To often they wave the big stick of invented rules!
If they are playing games and being less than transparent I would go to a CB that gives straight answers.
 
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