No, not at all. Fortunately the QS stuff is just a small part of my job, amounting to no more than about 1 day a month.
I couldn't do that stuff all the time. Would be a DESPERATE existance.
I'm not allowed to contract out the whole thing. I do get a consultant in 3 times a year to carry out all our internal audits though, and to chair the obligatory 'Management Review Meeting'. I kind of HAVE to get him in though - our office team is so small that I am personally responsible for at...
One of my responsibilities in our organisation, is for the Quality Management System / ISO certification.
A significant chunk of my annual bonus is dependant on us succesfully achieving re-certification each year, so I can't ignore it, but my GOD it is dull.
As anyone who has ever had training...