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Auditing and Being
Audited
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Definitions: “What”
∞Quality System: The
organizational structure, responsibilities,
procedures, processes and resources for implementing
quality management.
∞Observation: A statement
of fact made during an audit and
substantiated by objective evidence.
∞Objective
Evidence: Qualitative or quantitative information, records or statements of fact pertaining to the quality of an item or service or to the existence and
implementation of a quality system element, which is based on observation, measurement or test and which can be verified.
∞Nonconformity: The
nonfulfillment of specified requirements.