Evaluating my QMS (Quality Management System)

[Marc]

Re: Need to evaluate my QMS

However, it may be worthwhile asking another consultant/auditor to give it a look at.

I've done a lot of implementations over the last 15+ years, and MANY times I have another auditor 'Check My Work'. When I get really involved in the implementation, it does come to pass that the risk factor is too high to rely on my judgment totally. If it was a 'critical' implementation, I brought in an independent auditor to do a run through to see if there was anything I had missed.

 

[harry]

While pre-assessments are fairly common in the USA, Canada and Europe, we must realize that (in other, sometimes developing countries) such services may be cost prohibitive. Especially for very small organizations such as the OP's. We sometimes tend to take things for granted, while other areas of the world do not.

Just some thoughts.

Stijloor.

Pre-assessments are offered over here also and for a small organization its one to two mandays (reasonable cost). However for those engaging consultants, they do not expect to pay for this as the consultant is deemed capable enough to get them through this stage.

Unless you are very confident, other wise you should avoid practicing alone. It's in situations like this that you need another member of your team to come in for a second view/opinion. The often frowned upon generic audit checklist is good in this situation to check if you had covered all grounds.