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WPS interchange between regional offices of the same company

WPS interchange between regional offices of the same company

WPS interchange between regional offices of the same company

(OP)
A company has its main workshop in one country and many regional workshops in other countries. The regional workshops are using the welding procedures that were qualified in the main workshop.

The regional workshops have their own ISO and API certifications but the control system being followed are same as the main workshop.

Question 1: Is this allowed as per API 1104, ASME Sec IX and D1.1?
Question 2: How should this be documented in the Quality Management System that it conforms to Code requirements and also acceptable to the Clients?

RE: WPS interchange between regional offices of the same company

(OP)
Thanks. I went through the whole argument and it cleared a lot of my confusions.

As per my understanding of your discussion, I have come to this:

Codes will allow this as long as regional workshop can show, and document, that the main workshop has the operational control over the welding operations.
I think a statement like:

"All welding operations going on in the regional workshop will be governed by the Quality management system established by the main workshop and the Main workshop will have complete operational control over these activities.

Should cover the regional workshop's end of the documentation? What do you say?

And the same will have to be added in the Main workshop's QMS too?

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