Multi site organisation IAF MD 1:2018
- 3.1 definition: The organization has 2 factories next to each other on the same factory site, but their addresses are different. Should they be defined as separate facilities and be taken for sample selection as separate locations? Should audit time be counted for each of them separately?
- 2.5 Central function: The site, where the central function is performed is audited every year. What about the situation, where the central functions are placed in few sites?
March 2023
1) IAF MD1 speaks about locations, not addresses, so if the complex is the same (independently of the addresses), the company (the two factories) can be considered as a single site. But, even in this case, both addresses should be reflected on the certificate.
2) The central function shall be audited every year, whatever the means for performing this audit (remote, blended or hybrid, etc.).