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Slide 252
Quality
Management System Implementation
What Will Happen If...
•If an auditor finds a
problem, s/he will let the person being audited
know immediately that a possible problem may exist. In NO case will the auditor ‘find a problem’ and not discuss
it with the auditee ‘on the spot’. They always
tell the auditee the suspected problem. Many
registrars (registrars do *NOT ALWAYS* require
this) will ask the auditee (or other company official present) to sign a statement of fact of what was found (statement of objective evidence). The auditee should know that signing the statement is NOT an admission of a
problem. It is an agreement of
facts found. Whether or not it is a problem
is discussed during end-of-day and final
review meetings.
•If an auditor leaves your area and says nothing about a possible problem, you can be sure no problem(s) were found.
Auditors do NOT report findings to management
without discussing it with the personnel involved FIRST. There are no tricks. Nothing is ‘hidden’ until
later.