Absolutely!
I wouldn't have it any other way. As stated here many times, registration does not necessarily correlate to high quality. I think this case is different. Registering a company doesn't prove that you are good at making product; it proves that you are good at registering. All other things being equal, I'll take the registered consultant because I want someone good at registering. Cobblers' children have no shoes, and plumbers' toilets don't flush and all that; I want a consultant who has demonstrated competency in Quality Management System registration by registering his own company. I also want someone who feels my pain.
Here's the scope of our consultant (during the registration project) and the company that staffs our Internal Audit program:
"Business process design and development. Procedures documentation and process mapping. Guidance and implementation support for systems. Internal audit and supplier assessment services. Consulting and training services for ISO9000:1994, ISO9000:2000, ISO/TS 16949, QS-9000, QS-TE 9000, AS 9100, TL9000, ISO14000 and ISO17025. Executive managment and workforce training servcies, "on-site" or "off-site" for subjects sucha s root-cause analysis, corrective measures, and preventive action. Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM) assessments and evaluations"
This company has been registered to ISO9001 by BSI since May of 1997.
Results International (plug, plug).
I wouldn't have it any other way. As stated here many times, registration does not necessarily correlate to high quality. I think this case is different. Registering a company doesn't prove that you are good at making product; it proves that you are good at registering. All other things being equal, I'll take the registered consultant because I want someone good at registering. Cobblers' children have no shoes, and plumbers' toilets don't flush and all that; I want a consultant who has demonstrated competency in Quality Management System registration by registering his own company. I also want someone who feels my pain.
Here's the scope of our consultant (during the registration project) and the company that staffs our Internal Audit program:
"Business process design and development. Procedures documentation and process mapping. Guidance and implementation support for systems. Internal audit and supplier assessment services. Consulting and training services for ISO9000:1994, ISO9000:2000, ISO/TS 16949, QS-9000, QS-TE 9000, AS 9100, TL9000, ISO14000 and ISO17025. Executive managment and workforce training servcies, "on-site" or "off-site" for subjects sucha s root-cause analysis, corrective measures, and preventive action. Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM) assessments and evaluations"
This company has been registered to ISO9001 by BSI since May of 1997.
Results International (plug, plug).