Group Certification (other certification bodies located in several places) is suitable for management system certification organization / group of organizations that use similar production or service processes and their products or services are of the same or similar nature. Group certification creates good conditions for workers save time and money in the certification process.
Basic conditions for group certification
Organization located in multiple locations is defined as an organization that has designated a central feature, called. Headquarters, in which certain activities are planned, controlled or managed by a network of local branches or plants (for block parties or certification), where such activities are transferred partially or completely. The place must be subject to single management system.
Participant group certification may not be a separate legal entity, but must have legal or contractual link with the headquarters organization and must be subordinated to a single management system which is fixed headquarters, place and undergoing continuing surveillance headquarters. This means that the head has the right to introduce measures to correct if necessary.
Group Certification Procedure
Certification body (LMS) normal certification procedures apply as for individual certification; but do not control management system for all participants, but only a sample of cities (the participants).
Headquarters is assessed for each audit. In the event of a successful certification authority issues:
- One certificate with the name and address of the headquarters, the certificate is annexed to the list of places to which the certification applies.
- Sub certificate upon request for certification of individual participants in the group. Other places may be added to the existing certificate under the control of the audit.
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In relation to the growing demand of organizations for a number of management systems certification in one audit (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, etc.) Perform so. Combined audits of these systems. This means that in a single audit team's review LMS multiple systems.
Common features of several systems shall only 1x (not repeated for each system under consideration). This gives the organization saves time for workers and participants in the audit and also favorable price conditions of certification. It should be noted that the savings rate is based on certified systems integration (e.g. joint quality manual, documented common practices, etc.).
Usually we perform combined audits of systems according to:
- ISO 9001 + ISO 14001
- ISO 9001 + ISO 14001 + OHSAS 18001
There of course other combinations may be obtained by accreditation. |
