Internal Audit Process Flow Chart - Please Review Mine and Comment!

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David Hartman

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Randy Stewart said:
Internal or External???
In-fact some of the "improvements" that we implement as a company should be for our own benefit as a business. Such improvements as those that effect profitability (eliminating waste, increased productivity, etc.), some of which MAY be passed on to the customer - but may in fact be used for additional resources, R&D, etc. :bigwave:
 
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Randy Stewart said:
Here's a break down of the Turtle Diagram. Please note the requests for "DETAILED" descriptions. When identifying inputs and outputs you need to be fairly specific. A "good part" doesn't really tell anyone anything.
This is awesome Randy. I just received a complaint from the QA Inspection Supervisor yesterday about mfg not flowing all the required information on to final qa inspection. Talk about perfect timing. I set up a meeting w/ her and the mfg Lead to go over the required inputs into final. My plan is to start w/ the “hard” outputs and inputs. Then we can compare it to what is currently documented. Baby steps, I know, but it’s a start!

It’s such a simple concept, and I can’t wait to dig in to see the results….


MGreenaway:
"Hope this clarifies things a bit."

Yes it does, thank you so much for sharing.

WOW! I’m starting to like this quality stuff. :biglaugh:
 
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mshell

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This is our current flowchart. I am considering revising it to include text instructions as well. Would you guys recommed that approach?
 
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M Greenaway

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What you have done is flowcharted a text based document. It is still a procedure, and is not a process map.

We are on similar lines I think, I will post my process map nomenclature from my quality manual tomorrow.

I believe the excercise of mapping adds great value to the organisation in understanding its processes fully. This greater understanding will have spin offs that the customer ultimately 'feels'.

Take for example my audit map posted earlier. If we look at that map we can see that their are no identified 'controls' governing audit reporting. Hence if I have a problem in this area of my process I could quickly identify the need for a 'control' which may be a procedure or work instruction for this process element. Simplistic example I know but hopefully you all get the idea.

I use MS Visio to create these maps, and publish them as HTML. Visio has much greater flexibility than standard MS Office applications - get it if you can (you can also do a whole host of other diagrams with it).
 
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Marc

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Re: Internal Audit Flowcharts?

I was reading through some old discussions and thought this one would be good to review to see if anyone today has anything new to add or any changes since 2003.
 

Dr. IJ Arora

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Not as detailed as Martins, but here is our IA Turtle
I looked at your process and appreciate the different approach. However, since you have asked for inputs I have following suggestions. For one it is not a flow, what you have is more a checklist. Second the audit objective is an important input. So when you make it a flow please consider this in your process. Include a step to have an audit agreement which gives to the auditor the audit objective, scope and criteria enabling the auditor to determine the feasibility of the audit. You might argue that if you are part of the in-house/ internal audit team you have no choice but to audit. But that is not correct. Auditors determine the feasibility, and even if they are in-house they would at least convey it. There are other steps, but I think if you re-design and would like my inputs I will be happy to comment further.
 
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