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jaimezepeda
Next week, 9/27/04, begins our TL 9000 Registration Audit. I've been involved in this project since February of 2003. Efforts to achieve TL 9000 registration at our organization began 2 years prior to that.
It has been a slow process but I have learned a great deal about our organization and the implementation of a QMS in general. While TL registration was underway we also managed to migrate from ISO 9002:1994 to ISO 9001:2000.
The TL registration audit will last 2 weeks. We are registering 5 sites. The external auditor will visit 3. I work at HQ and its audit lasts 5 days. One other site is a 3 day audit and the third site is a 2 day audit. Two sites will not get visited but will have their internal audit records audited by our registrar.
Once the audit cycle is completed and we are awarded TL 9000 registration, we will be one of only 13 other organizations worldwide registered to our Product Category (TL requires the registration scope to include a product category). Last time I checked there were only a little over 500 organizations worldwide registered to TL 9000.
I had a hard time finding information on the web regarding specifics about TL 9000 registration. Currently there is only one "sanctioned" organization providing any public training for TL (including auditor training). I intend to post the results of our TL registration throughout the next 2 weeks or so. I hope to provide some information for others seeking TL 9000 registration.
Jaime
It has been a slow process but I have learned a great deal about our organization and the implementation of a QMS in general. While TL registration was underway we also managed to migrate from ISO 9002:1994 to ISO 9001:2000.
The TL registration audit will last 2 weeks. We are registering 5 sites. The external auditor will visit 3. I work at HQ and its audit lasts 5 days. One other site is a 3 day audit and the third site is a 2 day audit. Two sites will not get visited but will have their internal audit records audited by our registrar.
Once the audit cycle is completed and we are awarded TL 9000 registration, we will be one of only 13 other organizations worldwide registered to our Product Category (TL requires the registration scope to include a product category). Last time I checked there were only a little over 500 organizations worldwide registered to TL 9000.
I had a hard time finding information on the web regarding specifics about TL 9000 registration. Currently there is only one "sanctioned" organization providing any public training for TL (including auditor training). I intend to post the results of our TL registration throughout the next 2 weeks or so. I hope to provide some information for others seeking TL 9000 registration.
Jaime