How helpful may a Registrar be to the success of an organizations registration effort?
A Registrar accredited by the ANAB (ANSI–ASQ National Accreditation Board) may not engage in advice giving or consulting with the organization it is registering, although a body related to the Registrar may do so under certain conditions. One of the conditions of accreditation is that registration and consulting may not be marketed together, nor may anything be said or implied that registration may be easier as a result of utilizing the services of a particular consultant. Persons engaged in both registration assessment and consulting must separate these activities for the same supplier, by at least two years of time. ANAB considers private or tailored training to be consulting if it is offered by a Registrar (or related body) to an organization being registered.
