Who this service is for
Manufacturers of motor vehicles or components that hold, or are preparing, a certification scope and need to establish, review or maintain COP controls.
When the service is needed
- Preparation for an initial, periodic or scope-related COP assessment.
- A change affects the product, process, supplier, site, equipment or inspection method.
- A nonconformity requires root-cause analysis and action tracking.
- Engineering, production and quality evidence is inconsistent or difficult to trace.
What the customer should prepare
- Product and certification scope with the current responsibility matrix.
- Procedures, control plans and production, inspection and test records.
- Measurement and test equipment list with control and traceability evidence.
- Change log, nonconformities and open corrective actions.
What LotusTSE does
- Review document, change, supplier and incoming-material controls.
- Examine production, final inspection, equipment control and record traceability.
- Review nonconforming-product handling and corrective action.
- Assess whether actual controls remain aligned with the certified configuration and agreed scope.
What the customer receives
- Pre-COP gap assessment report.
- Prioritized gap and evidence list.
- Action plan with responsibilities and indicative milestones.
- Assessment-preparation and nonconformity support where included in scope.
Risks identified and reduced
Continuous controls help reduce missing traceability, incomplete corrective actions, event-based audit preparation and unassessed changes that may affect conformity or the certification scope.
Project coordination
How the project is managed
The parties agree the scope, deliverables, responsibilities and indicative milestones before work starts. A LotusTSE technical focal point tracks work items, information awaiting customer input, identified risks and next actions. Milestones that depend on an authority, laboratory or other external organization are updated against actual status.
Start a project
What to send for an initial review
Send a product or facility description, the proposed configuration or scope, country of origin, available technical evidence, the issue to be resolved and the target timing. LotusTSE will identify the most important missing inputs before proposing the scope of services, deliverables, coordination method, indicative schedule and fees.