SQAS 2011 – System changes Marc Twisk – SQAS Manager
Jan 11, 2016
SQAS 2011 – System changes
Marc Twisk – SQAS Manager
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Agenda
1) Use of Pre-Assessment Document
2) Number of man days for an assessment
3) Combined assessments
4) Intermediate assessments
5) Website
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Agenda
1) Use of Pre-Assessment Document
2) Number of man days for an assessment
3) Combined assessments
4) Intermediate assessments
5) Website
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SQAS 2011 PAD
Pre-assessment document:
- Identification of the company including the to be
assessed activities
- To be filled in by the company
- Excel document
- To be send to the assessor
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SQAS 2011 PAD
Pre-assessment document:
- Link between information and number of
mandays / applicable questions
- To be included in the assessors package
- PAD and Pre-notification 3 weeks before the
assessment
- Information to be checked by the assessor
during
the assessment
- PAD is available on the website
PAD
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SQAS 2011 - PAD
Consequences of an extended PAD :
- More detailed scope will be defined- More selection data will be available- Only the applicable questions will be
chosen- Extended planning for the assessed
company- More preparation time for assessors- More preparation time for observers
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Agenda
1) Use of Pre-Assessment Document
2) Number of man days for an assessment
3) Combined assessments
4) Intermediate assessments
5) Website
Number of mandays
- Depending on the information on the PAD- Is displayed at the end of the PAD- Time needed to perform a decent assessment- Is a guidance for the assessed company, the
assessor, the user and the evaluator.- The assessor shall be questioned if time used for
assessment differs from the man day table.- Most assessments stay at 2 days- Always 1,5 – 2 - 2,5 – 3 – 3,5 - … days
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Display in the PAD
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Agenda
1) Use of Pre-Assessment Document
2) Number of man days for an assessment
3) Combined assessments
4) Intermediate assessments
5) Website
General rules
- Normally the 5 km rule stays valid - Combining assessments are possible if :
- Same BU assessed for different questionnaires (as before)
- Subsidiaries/operating sites (as defined) are assessed in the same cycle (new)
- An assessment cycle (from the first day of the assessment till the last operating site /element) : maximum 30 days
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Operating sites
We consider an entity as a operating site if :- They have the same management system as the
mother company.- The follow-up of the management system is
performed centrally (internal audits, management review, goals, improvement plan, … ).
- HR and training is managed centrally- Selection and evaluation of subcontractors are
done centrally .- Purchase of equipment is done centrally.
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Example
Mother company
3 days
Operating site 1
1 day
Operating site 2
1 day
Operating site 3
1 day
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Combined assessments
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A « zero » on a question at an operating site can influence the outcome of the total company
assessment.
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Agenda
1) Use of Pre-Assessment Document
2) Number of man days for an assessment
3) Combined assessments
4) Intermediate assessments
5) Website
Intermediate assessments
- The upload of improvement plans and adding comments to each individual question will still be possible.
- A company can ask for an intermediate assessment (or validation of improvements by same assessor) within the validity period of the original assessment (three years).
- This assessment is done by the same assessor as the original assessment.
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Intermediate assessments
- The pre-notification and assessment process is the same as for a full assessment. (with adapted documents).
- The assessed company decides what chapters of the questionnaire will be re-assessed. But the original report can be used as a « starting document ».
- The time used for this interdmediate assessment depends upon the chapters to be re-assessed.
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Agenda
1) Use of Pre-Assessment Document
2) Number of man days for an assessment
3) Combined assessments
4) Intermediate assessments
5) Website
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Major Technology Upgrade
• Complete new design and look-and-feel• Multi-lingual user interface (not only translated
questionnaires)• Personalized login (independent from module or
user type)• ‘Unicode’ database which fully supports foreign
local characters (including languages like Russian
etc.)• Full support for all major web browsers• ‘Google like’ search options• No ‘cookie’, ‘domain switch’ or ‘frame’ problems
anymore
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SQAS Home page
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List of Accredited Assessors
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List of Assessed Companies
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Pre-Assessment Document (PAD)
• As mentioned before the new assessments will be based on a Pre-Assessment Document (PAD).
• The PAD will be distributed as a ‘protected’ Microsoft Excel template (.XLT) to the assessed companies via a downloadable file posted on the SQAS website.
• The PAD will be available in multiple languages.
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Download Pre-Assessment Document
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Transition period
• ‘Old' questionnaire reports must be submitted with the current SQAS Assessor software.
• ‘New' questionnaire reports must be submitted with the NEW Pre-Assessment Document and NEW SQAS Assessor software.
Transition period
- System available as from 1 April 2011.- Assessable questionnaires in English version
available as from 1 April 2011.- Other languages (German – French – Spanish –
Italian – Dutch) as from 1 July 2011.- During the transition period of three months both
the old system and the new one can be used.- After 1 July 2011 only the new system is available.
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