Hello All,
I am working as an SQA (Supplier Quality Assurance) member in a Korean company (in Europe) where we produce/assemble electric car batteries for our customer.
We at the moment have the Letter of Conformance which will expire on the 5th of January (2022).
Long story short, the person in charge for this certification was "let go" around 3 month ago and I got the task to organize the certification for the company.
Our first Stage 1 (Readiness Review) Audit in November was unsuccessful, there were 3 potential major and 1 minor area of concerns.
The next planned Stage 1 audit is on the 4th of January.
The current situation looks like this :
The CB itself says that we should delay the audit for at least 1 month in order for us to get to Stage 2 but Korean management says No.
When I told them that we should really get an external help (counseling) who will help us prepare, they rejected it saying it's too expensive.
Lack of top management support is unbelievable, when I try to explain them how severe our situation is (due to LoC expiring soon) they say I worry too much.
So here comes my question ( sorry for the long story ) :
Is there any way, any kind of contract, letter, any shape of form, which might give us time after our LoC expires, until we prepare for IATF?
Let's say we get a new date for the certification around February 17 and then the official audit in March, this time gap between that and the LoC expiry that could cover our production / delivery?
From our Customer maybe?
Thank you in advance for all the comments.
I know it sounds crazy but this is actually on going at the moment.
Kind regards,
David
I am working as an SQA (Supplier Quality Assurance) member in a Korean company (in Europe) where we produce/assemble electric car batteries for our customer.
We at the moment have the Letter of Conformance which will expire on the 5th of January (2022).
Long story short, the person in charge for this certification was "let go" around 3 month ago and I got the task to organize the certification for the company.
Our first Stage 1 (Readiness Review) Audit in November was unsuccessful, there were 3 potential major and 1 minor area of concerns.
The next planned Stage 1 audit is on the 4th of January.
The current situation looks like this :
The CB itself says that we should delay the audit for at least 1 month in order for us to get to Stage 2 but Korean management says No.
When I told them that we should really get an external help (counseling) who will help us prepare, they rejected it saying it's too expensive.
Lack of top management support is unbelievable, when I try to explain them how severe our situation is (due to LoC expiring soon) they say I worry too much.
So here comes my question ( sorry for the long story ) :
Is there any way, any kind of contract, letter, any shape of form, which might give us time after our LoC expires, until we prepare for IATF?
Let's say we get a new date for the certification around February 17 and then the official audit in March, this time gap between that and the LoC expiry that could cover our production / delivery?
From our Customer maybe?
Thank you in advance for all the comments.
I know it sounds crazy but this is actually on going at the moment.
Kind regards,
David