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[cbasilit]

Hi, If the main company is US and the other company is in Canada, should we have separate procedures, forms (like the procedure name & number which is applicable to company in Canada? Thanks, Cheryl

[pHruit]

I'm in neither the US, nor Canada, but I can't see any specific reason why you'd need to have duplicates of everything except where there is a specific regulatory difference between the two countries.
In the past I've worked for multinationals with sites in a large number of countries around the world, and many of the top-level procedures and records were set at a global level - "local" differences were only present to account for process/product differences, or requirements to present/report differently due to local regulatory requirements.

Unless you have a specific need to do things differently in each location, it seems like creating needless work to do things twice?

[SQFconsultant]

Yes and separate certifications for both as well.

[TimG]

You're going to have a bit of both. There are going to be some documents that can work at both locations (i.e. controlled at the corporate level) and some that should be controlled at the facility level. These will vary depending on company. For example, a company like Walmart will have very few store controlled documents. A small company like yours will probably be the inverse.

[cbasilit]

Thanks got it I will be doing both :)