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Royaliso
My (small) company has been ISO 9001:2000 certified for almost two years. Earlier this year management made a conscious decision to let our certification lapse. Now, after a change in management and a month and a half before our next periodic audit, management has decided that the certification is important again.
Our problem is twofold: first, we have not been properly maintaining our QMS over the last six months, e.g. no internal audits, no formal meetings, etc., and second, our registrar (or at the very least our auditor) has been so difficult to work with that we have investigated switching registrars.
So, here are my questions:
1. Should we go forward with the scheduled periodic audit knowing that we will have major nonconformances and will likely not be able to address them within the thirty days following the audit, and what are the consequences of this?
2. Should we let our certification lapse and start over with a new registrar, and what are the consequences of this?
Thank you for your consideration,
Royalisimo
Our problem is twofold: first, we have not been properly maintaining our QMS over the last six months, e.g. no internal audits, no formal meetings, etc., and second, our registrar (or at the very least our auditor) has been so difficult to work with that we have investigated switching registrars.
So, here are my questions:
1. Should we go forward with the scheduled periodic audit knowing that we will have major nonconformances and will likely not be able to address them within the thirty days following the audit, and what are the consequences of this?
2. Should we let our certification lapse and start over with a new registrar, and what are the consequences of this?
Thank you for your consideration,
Royalisimo