COMPANY RESEARCH · CERTIFICATE SCOPE Not automatically. Check the issuer’s current record, the certified organization, the activity and the listed sites, including appendices. Then assess the actual product against your requirements. A valid certificate can be irrelevant to a particular order. An unresolved scope question is a reason to ask for evidence, rather than to label the supplier fraudulent or approve the order. 9 October 2026 · Manual working file Change the order and the conclusion can change. **Entirely fictional example:** Ardıç Industrial Supply supplies industrial gaskets. Its example certificate FICT-EXAMPLE-01 covers purchasing, warehousing and distribution of industrial gaskets at its İzmir site. No other site appears in the supplied complete appendix. For cases A–C, assume that an independent issuer check reports active status on 9 October 2026. All firms, records, confirmations and orders are invented; no real certificate was verified. Original counterexample: one document cannot approve every proposed job Case | What changes in the proposal? | Certificate decision | Order decision and next check A · Stocked gasket supply | The named organization distributes catalogue gaskets from the listed İzmir site. | Appears relevant to the supplied distribution activity, subject to the buyer’s actual certificate condition. | Continue technical review. Check the required material, dimensions and acceptance evidence; do not approve from the certificate alone. B · Custom fabrication | The proposal adds cutting to a customer drawing at a Bursa workshop absent from the supplied scope and appendix. | Hold coverage. An active distribution certificate does not establish coverage of this fabrication work or workshop. | Ask for the fabrication provider, complete applicable documentation and issuer clarification. Evaluate the drawing and process separately. C · Another contracting company | Ardıç Machining, a fictional sibling company not named in the supplied coverage, will issue the quotation and invoice. | Hold identity coverage. Do not transfer the first company’s certificate by shared branding. | Request evidence applicable to the proposed contracting organization and its work. D · Status changes | The order is the same as A, but a later issuer confirmation explicitly says the certificate has been withdrawn. | Stop relying on this certificate as evidence of current certification. | If current certification is mandatory, do not pass that condition. The withdrawal does not independently establish a defect in a particular gasket. These are teaching decisions for the supplied fictional facts, not mandatory audit verdicts, fraud findings or measured supplier failure rates. B is particularly useful: the certificate can be authentic and current while the coverage needed for the proposal remains unresolved. C keeps a sibling company’s coverage separate. Similarly, a manufacturer’s certificate attached by a distributor does not automatically certify the distributor. If the requirement concerns the manufacturer instead, identify that requirement and verify the relevant manufacturer and work. Turn the missing evidence into a specific request. Completed fictional record for case B Field | Recorded value Job and buyer condition | Custom-cut industrial gaskets to the buyer’s drawing. The fictional buyer requires current accredited certification relevant to the supplied work. Supplying organization | Ardıç Industrial Supply; the fabrication provider is not identified. Certificate and status | FICT-EXAMPLE-01. Active on 9 October 2026 is an invented issuer-confirmed fact within the example. Original scope and site | Purchasing, warehousing and distribution of industrial gaskets; İzmir site only. Proposed activity and location | Custom cutting at a Bursa workshop, as stated in the fictional quotation. Observed gap | The supplied document does not establish coverage of that workshop and cutting work. Certificate conclusion | Hold relevance. Do not mark the document fake or declare the entire company uncertified. Technical conclusion | Not assessed. Drawing revision, material and acceptance evidence still need the buyer’s technical review. Next action | Request the named fabrication provider, applicable certificate with complete appendices and issuing-body clarification. Ask for evidence against the drawing. Review trigger | A reply with new evidence, a revised quotation, changed site or changed certificate status. FICTIONAL EXAMPLE · UNSENT DOCUMENT REQUEST Case B proposes custom cutting in Bursa. The supplied certificate describes distribution in İzmir. Your quotation includes custom cutting at the Bursa workshop. The supplied certificate describes purchasing, warehousing and distribution at İzmir. Which organization will perform the cutting, and can you provide the applicable certificate with its complete site appendix or issuer confirmation of coverage? We also need the agreed drawing revision and material evidence for our technical review. An illustrative request to an existing supplier, not a sent message or a complete cold-email template. Adapt the wording to the documents you actually inspected. BLANK REVIEW RECORD Quotation/order reference and revision: [ ] Reviewer and date: [ ] Mandatory buyer certificate condition: [ ] Quoting and contracting organization: [ ] Actual work provider and site: [ ] Product/service and proposed activity: [ ] Specification/drawing revision and acceptance criteria: [ ] Certificate number: [ ] Certification body: [ ] Standard and edition printed on certificate: [ ] Issue and expiry dates: [ ] Independent verification source/reply and check date: [ ] Current status (active/suspended/withdrawn/expired/unverified): [ ] Accreditation condition, body and verification source: [ ] Original scope wording: [ ] Sites/activities on certificate and appendices: [ ] Missing appendix or contradiction: [ ] Organization match (yes/no/unresolved): [ ] Activity and site match (yes/no/unresolved): [ ] Certificate decision (appears relevant/hold/stop relying on this certificate): [ ] Certificate decision evidence and limits: [ ] Technical product decision and missing evidence (separate assessment): [ ] Next question and document request: [ ] Owner and review trigger/date: [ ] This form is not a certification audit, product approval or Anivo import format. Fictional examples are not actual supplier or certificate checks. Keep certificate review separate from technical order acceptance. Do not replace a mandatory certificate with this form. Do not record an unknown as an adverse result or forgery. Primary sources and reading scope Checked on 9 October 2026. Guidance, current publication status and empirical supplier research have different scopes. ISO — ISO 9001:2026 official record https://www.iso.org/standard/9001 Official publication record and transition FAQ read. Edition 6 published 16 September 2026. Full paid standard not read. ISO — What does ISO 9001 mean in the supply chain? (2016) https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/store/en/PUB100304.pdf Third-edition buyer brochure read, particularly printed pages 4–9 and 11. Historical transition dates are not applied to the 2026 edition. ISO/IAF Auditing Practices Group — Scope and applicability (24 November 2023) https://committee.iso.org/files/live/sites/tc176/files/HL-%2011-2023%20Papers/APG%20Scope%20and%20applicability%20rev%2011-24-2023.pdf PDF guidance checked for scope, organizational boundaries, sites and outsourcing. Guidance on the earlier edition, not the full 2026 requirements. IAF CertSearch — General FAQ https://support.iafcertsearch.org/iaf-certsearch-faq/iaf-certsearch-faq/general Official documentation read for accredited-certificate verification, database scope and access limits. No live supplier certificate lookup performed. IAF CertSearch — How to verify a Company Certificate? https://support.iafcertsearch.org/verifiers/certificate-verification/how-to-verify-a-company-certificate Official verification and missing-record explanations read. Access limits should be checked when using the service. ISO — Certification https://www.iso.org/certification.html Official explanation of independent certification and accreditation read. Castello Dalmau, Gimenez & De Castro — ISO 9001 aspects related to performance and their level of implementation (2016) https://www.jiem.org/index.php/jiem/article/view/2072 Full published paper read: JIEM 9(5), 1090–1106; DOI 10.3926/jiem.2072. One wind-turbine manufacturer’s 90 existing suppliers; ISO 9001:2008. No Anivo evaluation.