I am the QA and the QMS manager for a small manufacturer with less than 40 full time employees. Thus I own the QA process and the Internal Audit process. There is an assistant auditor who normally audits the QA process being that I own that process. The problem is that we have no one to audit the Internal Audit process because the assistant auditor audits the QA process, while I audit all the others. There isn't an uninvolved third auditor to audit the internal audits. There will not be a third auditor ever because, as those of you who work at a small company know, everyone wears multiple hats and is already spread thin. I'm lucky to have one person available to audit one process at all.
My question: is it possible to internally audit a process you own given the lack of personnel at a small company?
My question: is it possible to internally audit a process you own given the lack of personnel at a small company?

