
I am in a bit of a jam. My company is ISO/TS16949. Under this certification, our calibration suppliers must be 17025 certified. Not all of my suppliers are and now we absolutely MUST start re-sourcing them if we are to maintain our own certification. One of my suppliers is a scale calibrator for our scales we use to weigh count our product. We have been with them since the beginning and do not want to lose them. They are not certified but would like to be. THey have all of their documentation, they have done internal audits, etc. but are being told that the process for registration takes a minimum of five months. Is this normal for this standard???
I have also been told that one supplier got certified and was then told by their customer that the registrar was not acceptable or qualified. Is there a list of approved registrars?
In addition, I would like to be able to post information on our supplier web for these suppliers so that they can more quickly understand the standard and get their certification. I am new in this area, so any guidance is so appreciated.