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Auditing and Being Audited
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Audit Scope
∞Compliance to requirements or company procedures?
∞Entire organization? Specific area? Depth? Duration?
∞The client makes the final decisions on which quality system elements, physical locations and organizational activities are to be audited within a specified time frame.  If appropriate, the auditee should be contacted when determining the scope of the audit.
∞The scope and depth of the audit should be designed to meet the clients specific information needs.
∞Standards or documents within the auditees system should be specified by the client.
∞Sufficient objective evidence should be available to demonstrate the operation and effectiveness of the auditees quality system.
∞The resources committed to the audit must be sufficient to meet its intended scope and depth.
∞Stay within your scope - Do NOT wander about! (e.g. Calibration)