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Dean P.
Well, our management has decided that they would like to implement an EMS, because it's the right thing to do.
Now, they have decided that they want to have us registered to ISO-14001 by the end of summer, to ensure our Q1 status by the end of the year. My question to this group is, what is a reasonable time frame for a system to be 'mature enough' to audit? We have a great quality system, so I feel that I can have all procedures, programs, and systems documented and in place by June, and we could then have our internal audit in July, followed by our Management Review. Is this enough time for 3rd party auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of our system, even though it will only have been in action for less than 3 months? Or will they stick to verifying compliance of our procedures to the standard, and check effectiveness on the next audit? I have a meeting with our registrar next week but I wanted to know the thoughts of this group first.
I appreciate any and all comments.
Now, they have decided that they want to have us registered to ISO-14001 by the end of summer, to ensure our Q1 status by the end of the year. My question to this group is, what is a reasonable time frame for a system to be 'mature enough' to audit? We have a great quality system, so I feel that I can have all procedures, programs, and systems documented and in place by June, and we could then have our internal audit in July, followed by our Management Review. Is this enough time for 3rd party auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of our system, even though it will only have been in action for less than 3 months? Or will they stick to verifying compliance of our procedures to the standard, and check effectiveness on the next audit? I have a meeting with our registrar next week but I wanted to know the thoughts of this group first.
I appreciate any and all comments.