QAP STRAIGHT TALK
QAP Changes for 2023 by Chuck Hardy NMEDA DIRECTOR OF QUALITY & COMPLIANCE
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ith 2022 in our rear-view
enough to live near and those like me
Probably the biggest change to the
mirror and 2023 here, I
who travel, I hope you were all able
QAP Rules has to do with the Dealer
thought I would share
to spend some quality time with your
QC manual. Prior to 2023, the Dealer
the fruits of the labor from the QAP
families over the holidays.
QC manual was a template that the
and Guidelines committees and the
So, what’s in store for 2023? Only
changes to the NMEDA Rules and Guidelines you will see for 2023. But first I hope you all had a wonderful holiday to close out the year. After moving from Rochester, NY to Tampa, FL in 2010, I have been going back north in mid-December each year to visit my family. It was nice to see both my parents and two sisters, as well as nieces and great nieces and several friends in the one week I was there. Yes, it was cold. REALLY cold, and I thought I was going to avoid the snow, but Rochester didn’t disappoint, and I did have to renew my ice road trucker skills as I slipped along the highways for a few days. And as much as I miss my family, I don’t miss driving in the snow! For those lucky
time will tell, but what I CAN tell you about is the changes for our Quality Assurance Program. As you all know, each year our standing committees for QAP Rules and Guidelines examine opportunities to improve our programs and keep an eye on other market forces that could impact any of our existing rules and guidelines. And this year with QAPx rolling out, there was sure a lot on our plates, but overall, I think you will find there won’t be too much change to adapt to. All of the changes I am about to talk about are found in the 2023 release of the QAP Rules and Guidelines which can be found on the NMEDA website.
dealer made some simple updates to by adding their name and various employees to, then saving it, sending it into NMEDA for approval and then uploading to QAPx (or Docutrack, aka “DT”). Now with everyone using either QAPx or Docutrack, the committee thought that we could streamline the QC manual and make it easier for a dealer to make changes to their product and tools listing (appendices C & D) and the committee looked at the value in constantly updating the org chart (appendix A) and the facility layout (appendix B). What was decided was to simplify the QC manual and place it directly in QAPx (and DT), eliminate the need to complete the Org Chart and Facility Layout (more about that later) and separate the Product Listing and Tools Listing to make them easier to edit and upload into QAPx/DT. I know that’s a mouthful so let me go over it one more time and a little slower for you.
DEALER QC MANUAL CHANGES FOR 2023: •
Simplify the manual, make it ‘universal’ for all dealers, and place it directly in QAPx/DT.
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Make the Product Listing and