Faqs
How long does it take and how much will it cost?
The time taken and the cost to achieve accreditation
will vary depending upon the following things. The standard (s) you are
hoping to achieve certification for as they all vary with the amount of work
involved. For example ISO 9001 is all about your working processes so
pre-dominantly is looking at what you're doing to manage your customers; it
has been thought that most organisations are already 50% on their way to
accreditation before even starting to work for ISO 9001 and it is a case of
getting that information into a formalised way.
Should you choose
to do ISO 14001, it's will include undertaking an environmental review and
determining what out of your processes you have the potential to reduce or
to improve. Similarly if you choose BS OHSAS 18001, there are legislations
that you must comply with to gain accreditation which include completing
sufficient risk assessments. And similarly you can choose ISO TS 16949
certification service.
The complexity of your organisation e.g.
what and how you provide your service and / or manufacture your product.
Geographical locations e.g. do you operate out of 1 site or 10? The system
should be adopted at all of your sites
The certification body
you choose. Their availability will matter significantly in the process of
achieving accreditation. Some will be available in 2 months, others in 4
months. Similarly for most management standards, most certification bodies
adopt a two stage certification approach; Stage 1 will include completing a
gap analysis of the system to establish your readiness, Stage 2 or the final
assessment will then encompass a full audit of the management system (the
pass or fail scenario) The amount of employees involved in the organisation.
Why? Because generally more people mean more processes and these will all
have to be considered in the accreditation scope. This will also affect your
assessment duration; more people will result in more days required by the
assessment body.
How much will my assessment cost?
This cost will vary depending upon the certification
body you choose.
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