ISO certification or recertification audit scheduled in 30–60 days? An external lead-auditor walks your QMS the way the registrar will. Full gap report. Written corrective-action plan. Optional retainer through the actual cert visit. By the day, not the engagement.
Built for the specific situation where you have an audit scheduled, a senior second-opinion would be useful, and your registrar isn't going to give you free advice.
50–500 person manufacturers preparing for first-time ISO 13485 or 9001 certification. The QMS is documented; you want a senior auditor to find what the registrar will find before they do.
Existing ISO-certified firms preparing for surveillance or recertification audits. New observations possible if processes have drifted; mock audit catches drift before the registrar does.
Companies whose Quality Director or VP is new to the role and wants senior backup before walking into their first cert audit. Confidence boost + gap closure.
Cross-standard experience means we can audit the integrated QMS holistically rather than treating each standard as a silo.
Standard scope; adjustable based on QMS size and standard. Initial scoping call confirms exact day count and on-site / hybrid mix.
Day-rate model with clear scope. No retainer minimum. Optional cert-day retainer for live support during the actual audit visit.
Day-rate model with clear scope. Quote provided after the free 1-hour scoping call.
If your situation requires one of these, it's a separate engagement or referral.
Ideally 6–10 weeks before your cert audit date. That gives 3–5 days for the mock audit, 1–2 weeks for gap report delivery, and 3–5 weeks for your team to close findings before the registrar arrives. Compressed timelines (less than 4 weeks lead time) accommodated; rate may adjust for expedited turnaround.
Quality manual, top-level procedures, recent management review records, recent internal audit reports, and a list of process owners by department. Document review happens before the on-site visit so the on-site days are spent walking processes, not reading PDFs.
Yes. A mutual NDA can be signed before any QMS documentation is shared. Standard one-page template available; custom NDAs accommodated.
Yes. OHSAS 18001 has been transitioned to ISO 45001. I cover both the legacy standard (for firms still operating against it) and the current ISO 45001 standard.
Multi-site engagements available — typically priced at the higher end of the day rate plus travel between sites. Initial scoping call confirms approach (sample-site selection vs. all-sites coverage).
Standard engagement is on-site for the audit days; document review can be hybrid (remote document review + on-site process audits). Fully remote audits not offered for cert prep — the value is in walking the floor.
Findings are categorized as Major (would fail the cert audit), Minor (would generate observations but not a failure), or OFI (Opportunity For Improvement). The corrective-action plan prioritizes Majors first with effort estimates so you know what's achievable before the cert date. If the gap is too wide for your timeline, I'll tell you so on the readback rather than in the written report.
The 30-minute scoping call is free. Tell me which standard, when your cert audit is, and what your QMS looks like — I'll tell you whether the engagement is a fit and what it would cost.