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Auditing and Being Audited
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The Part People See
∞Opening Meeting
∞Collection of Information
∞Record and Grade Nonconformances
∞Evaluation of Number and Significance of Nonconformances
∞Assessment of Compliance to Requirements
∞Preparation of Findings
∞Closing Meeting Review
While a lot is said about preparation and other aspects of auditing, most people only see this part of the picture. Planning for the audit is seldom thought about because it is rarely seen. However, preparation for the audit may take as long as the audit its self. This is less of an issue with registrar audits and even less so with small companies. But when you have a large company, pre-audit coordinating, for example, can be a nightmare.
Making up check lists can also be a problem, and also take up some time. But for most companies doing internal audits, once a check list is made up, with consideration to the companys audit system, it will not change very often so the issue is typically one of being time consuming only prior to the first round of audits.