Hi all,
My company is starting to implement IATF across all of our locations - 3 manufacturing plants and 1 design center. Our corporate management group and remote sites (purchasing, HR, etc) are spread across all locations. We will have a Corporate manual, policy, objectives and processes. The plants will then have their own manual, policy, objectives and processes related to their specific manufacturing business.
My question is this: is the corporate umbrella required to have all of the mandatory documented processes (20) and records? Or should the corporate umbrella just have the manual, policy, objectives and some processes we want to standardize across the company? I see the plants referencing the corporate processes, policies, procedures and then having the remaining mandatory items related to their specific business. I do not want to double the documentation.
I could be making this more difficult than it need to be but haven't been able to get a straight answer. Thank you for your help. This site has been an amazing resource thus far.
My company is starting to implement IATF across all of our locations - 3 manufacturing plants and 1 design center. Our corporate management group and remote sites (purchasing, HR, etc) are spread across all locations. We will have a Corporate manual, policy, objectives and processes. The plants will then have their own manual, policy, objectives and processes related to their specific manufacturing business.
My question is this: is the corporate umbrella required to have all of the mandatory documented processes (20) and records? Or should the corporate umbrella just have the manual, policy, objectives and some processes we want to standardize across the company? I see the plants referencing the corporate processes, policies, procedures and then having the remaining mandatory items related to their specific business. I do not want to double the documentation.
I could be making this more difficult than it need to be but haven't been able to get a straight answer. Thank you for your help. This site has been an amazing resource thus far.