Certification Process for Management Systems
1
Application
- Application request reception;;
- Application review and documentation analysis;
- Prior visit, when applicable;
- Audit planning and audit team proposal.
2
Initial Audit (Stage 1)
- Audit plan;
- Audit execution;
- Audit report;
3
Initial Audit (Stage 2)
- Audit plan;
- Audit execution;
- Audit report;
- After the conclusion of this audit, if any non-conformity is identified, a Corrective Action Plan should be defined by the Organization, whose contents include: analysis of causes, planned actions, responsible parties and date of completion of actions;
- Audit report and corrective action plan analysis;
- Certification decision;
- Certificate issuance;
- In determining the time period between stage 1 and stage 2 audits, consideration is given to the needs of the Organization to solve audit findings identified during stage 1, but in no case can exceed one year.
4
Surveillance audits
- Audit plan;
- Audit execution;
- Audit report;
- Audit report and corrective action plan analysis;
- Decision of certification maintenance.
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Certification Process for Products, Services and Processes
1
Application
- Application request reception;
- Application review and documentation analysis;
- Establishment of the audit date and audit team proposal.
- Prior visit, when applicable
2
Initial Audit
- Audit plan;
- Audit execution with collection and test of samples, where applicable;
- Preparation of the audit report and analysis of the test results, where applicable;
- After the conclusion of this audit, if any non-conformity is identified, a Corrective Action Plan should be defined by the Organization, whose contents include: analysis of causes, planned actions, responsible parties and date of completion of actions;
- Audit report and corrective action plan analysis;
- Certification decision;
- Certificate issuance (the validity of the certificate depends on the product, process and service that is being certified) and right of use of the certification mark or licenses.
3
Surveillance audits
- Establishment of the audit date;
- Audit plan;
- Audit execution with collection and test of samples, where applicable;
- Audit report and analysis of the test results, where applicable;
- Audit report and corrective action plan analysis;
- Decision of certification maintenance.
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