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I could use some wisdom on how to "legally" use a new start-up supplier next door. They are a new facility whose "parent company" is a VERY large, very established, well known company. They are in the infancy stage of getting certified to ISO or QS. This type of raw material supplier DOES have to be certified per our own procedures and the Sanctioned Interpretation. If we go to perform an audit over there my problems are two-fold : Given the number of employees they have in order to comply with the "audit days" requirement I'll have to perform an initial audit of 8 days - how in the heck am I gonna' actually DO that given that they are just barely beginning certification process. Second issue, I have a problem with even doing an audit there because at this stage in their development they will FLUNK any audit I perform - they have process control in place but little else.
Our registrar has us asking our customers what they want us to do, but I don't have any responses yet. The supplier is absolutely CRITICAL to us, from a logistical, economics, cost standpoint. There is NO WAY we will not use them.
Any wisdom?
Our registrar has us asking our customers what they want us to do, but I don't have any responses yet. The supplier is absolutely CRITICAL to us, from a logistical, economics, cost standpoint. There is NO WAY we will not use them.
Any wisdom?