Data Submissions
This section provides information about making and understanding TL 9000 data submissions.
Advisories
Since September 20, 2009, data submissions in all product categories are subjected to additional tests that compare the data submitted in the current month to data submitted in previous months. This may result in the issuance of ‘Advisories’ listed on the Data Submission Receipt. Details of these advisors are found in the paper DSR_Advisories.
Auditors should read the paper Auditor Refresher for TL 9000 Measurements Advisories to understand their impact on the TL 9000 audit.
Due Dates
The TL 9000 QMS Measurements Handbook requires certified TL 9000 registrations to submit their appropriate quality measurements each month no later than 7 weeks after the end of the month. The table of due dates is as follows:
| Month of Data | Due Date | Month of Data | Due Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | March 21 March 20 in leap years |
July | September 18 | ||
| February | April 18 | August | October 19 | ||
| March | May 19 | September | November 18 | ||
| April | June 18 | October | December 19 | ||
| May | July 19 | November | January 18 | ||
| June | August 18 | December | February 18 |
Note: For the purpose of determining whether a data submission is on time or late, the TL 9000 system clocks utilize UTC, Coordinated Universal Time, and not the local time of the submitter.
Resubmissions
If data is submitted in error it must be corrected and resubmitted. However data more than two years old does not have to be submitted. The age of data is determined by the the month of data that is currently due. On February 15, 2010 the December 2009 data is due so resubmission would apply to data from January 2008 through December 2009. Data from 2007 or earlier can be resubmitted but does not have to be resubmitted.
Data can be submitted online or by using a data submission template. There is a data submission template for each product category, registration option, and product category table.
Product category table templates earlier than 5.0 are now obsolete and not available.
