Whether your company is a small to medium enterprise, or a large corporation, implementing a management system can help improve your business, whether those improvements are internal operational benefits, or whether they marketing and customer expansion.
One of the most important tasks you must perform is to select your Certifying Body (also called CB or registrar).This should be done as early in the implementation process as possible. The CB will select the Lead Auditor, who will be your main contact throughout the certification process. (However, the potential Lead Auditors from the various CB’s should play a role in your selection of a CB. Poague & Associates, Inc. provides specific techniques for this. The Lead Auditor plays a critical role, so we make sure there is a good fit.
There are several CB’s available, ranging from large national and global CB’s, to small regional CB’s.
Key points about Certifying Bodies (CB’s):
The main component of the certification cost is the number of audit days required. CB’s must follow the same directive when determining the number of audit days required for a certification audit. There are, however, potential allowable reductions to the number of audit days required. PAI will make sure your company gets the proper deductions.....saving you money.
The British Standards Institute (BSI) offers many public training opportunities, both online and instructor led.
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