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Auditing and Being Audited
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Systems Audit
∞A Systems Audit is an audit where high level company systems are reviewed. Typically we are talking about Level II procedures which form the backbone based upon the Quality Systems Manual.
∞Systems audits typically probe the interactivity (communication) of the inter-related company systems and as such often cross functional area boundaries.
∞Typical Systems Audits:
•Document Control
•Nonconformance
•Control of Measuring and Test Equipment
∞Systems Audits are typically carried out in multiple departments. For example, if one decides to audit Document Control, one must audit a number of departments.
There is an interesting thread in which some of these issues are addressed:
http://16949.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000054.html
A full systems audit is typically the largest and most extensive of audits. Registration audits are for all intents and purposes systems audits where all systems are sampled. Depending upon a companys size, it may encompass 5 or more auditors over a week or more. Typical companies in the 100 to 250 range are about 5 to 8 man-days. See the file Audit_Mandays.doc (included) for an idea what youre looking at.