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I've been volunteered, despite protests, to lead my employer to registration to EN AS 9100 within the next year or so. We have plants in the UK, Ireland, France, USA and Mexico and all will use a common management system by the time I've finished with them. Our manufacturing, and other processes, are identical across the globe.
I've had bad experiences previously with inconsistent approaches from auditors in different countries working for the same CB and want to avoid that frustration this time.
We'll shortly be going down the route of choosing a CB and I'm curious to know what is currently considered best practice amongst that community for ensuring that their auditors in different countries/continents take the same line. I'm only interested in using a reputable CB with international capability and those with regular contributors to Elsmar such as BSI, DNV and NQA will be included on the shortlist whether they like it or not.
I don't want different interpretations of the standard or for situations to be accepted in one plant and criticised in another. I don't want weak auditing in one country and nit picking in another. I want the same modus operandi.
So CBs, how do you ensure I'll get the same level of auditing across international boundaries?
I've had bad experiences previously with inconsistent approaches from auditors in different countries working for the same CB and want to avoid that frustration this time.
We'll shortly be going down the route of choosing a CB and I'm curious to know what is currently considered best practice amongst that community for ensuring that their auditors in different countries/continents take the same line. I'm only interested in using a reputable CB with international capability and those with regular contributors to Elsmar such as BSI, DNV and NQA will be included on the shortlist whether they like it or not.
I don't want different interpretations of the standard or for situations to be accepted in one plant and criticised in another. I don't want weak auditing in one country and nit picking in another. I want the same modus operandi.
So CBs, how do you ensure I'll get the same level of auditing across international boundaries?