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Hi all,
Recently I have been reviewing some of our supplier quality certificates and have come accross one or two that do not have the usual tick and crown (the UKAS symbol). The symbol they use is very similar (a tick and four square boxes).
After digging in a bit deeper it appears that this certification company (QMS) is not accredited by any accreditation body that is affiliated to UKAS via either the European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA) or the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), but is accredited by the International Accreditation Council.
One of the suppliers also claims to be Q1 registered without having TS16949 or QS9000.
As far as I know QMS provide a one-stop service where they write the manual and procedures and then audit the company against the documents they have written !
Has anyone else come accross this company or the accreditation body ??
And how valid / acceptable are the certificates...QMS claims they are accepted by a large number of companies including some very high profile automotive OEM's.
Any thoughts / comments would be very useful.
Recently I have been reviewing some of our supplier quality certificates and have come accross one or two that do not have the usual tick and crown (the UKAS symbol). The symbol they use is very similar (a tick and four square boxes).
After digging in a bit deeper it appears that this certification company (QMS) is not accredited by any accreditation body that is affiliated to UKAS via either the European Co-operation for Accreditation (EA) or the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), but is accredited by the International Accreditation Council.
One of the suppliers also claims to be Q1 registered without having TS16949 or QS9000.
As far as I know QMS provide a one-stop service where they write the manual and procedures and then audit the company against the documents they have written !
Has anyone else come accross this company or the accreditation body ??
And how valid / acceptable are the certificates...QMS claims they are accepted by a large number of companies including some very high profile automotive OEM's.
Any thoughts / comments would be very useful.