Internal Audit Report Forms

[grzegorz76]

Good morning again,

Please if you can advice me which form is better to use regarding my requirements. Form attached to my previous post - more detailed form or less detailed form which i attached to this post

Thank you very much in advance

 

[John Broomfield]

Good morning again,

Please if you can advice me which form is better to use regarding my requirements. Form attached to my previous post - more detailed form or less detailed form which i attached to this post

Thank you very much in advance

grzegorz76,

You are still missing a field for Audit Objective.

Did you include a field for Audit Conclusion?

These two are essential criteria for the effective operation and control of the audit process (see clause 4.1c).

For example, you can then compare the findings with the conclusion and the conclusion with the objective to see if the audit was effective.

But the main reason is to be clear to all involved on the reasons for the audit and the value of each audit.

John

 

[John Broomfield]

Do you also provide a separate corrective action request form for employees to initiate action to stop recurrence of nonconformity from such activities as:

• Analyzing product failures?
• Eliminating causes of product nonconformities?
• Monitoring and correcting processes?
• Reviewing performance of the management system?

Unless non-auditors are authorized to initiate corrective actions, employees will wait for the auditor before improving anything.

Better to make the CAR a separate form for use by everyone who can write a nonconformity statement.

John

 

[John Broomfield]

Good morning all,

Thank you for all your advises. Please answer one more question for me.
Is the form for a Internal Audit Report attached to this post good enough so i can work on it?

Thank you in advance

grzegorz76,

This is a checklist not a report. You must uniquely identify your QMS documents.

What do you mean by Observation?

John

 

[grzegorz76]

hello
please can anyone advice me the list of internal audits that should be carried in the company that is certified to iso 9001:2008?

thank you

 

[Marc]

Just list your company systems and processes. Those are what your internal audit should cover.

 

[John Broomfield]

hello
please can anyone advice me the list of internal audits that should be carried in the company that is certified to iso 9001:2008?

thank you

Greg,

We take it that your organization is running its process-based management system to satisfy customer requirements and to manage necessary improvements to your products, processes and system

Your management system therefore comprises interacting processes and the processes themselves comprise inputs, resources, work (activities) controls and outputs.

Before your audits, these processes have been monitored and corrected for conformity and effectiveness by the people doing the work and supervising the work.

Your audits sample the processes and other parts of the system to determine the conformity and effectiveness of the management system and its processes. Most internal audits deliver value by focusing on the processes in a mature management system.

Be guided by top management's objectives for the internal audit programme which comprises the audit process, the audit team and the audit schedule.

You know from your study of clause 8.2.2 that you must audit processes and "areas" according to their status and importance. You know which parts of your management system are causing or likely to cause the biggest or most expensive problems; these are your priority.

If the management system is hunky dory then you may start by auditing the processes in the core process (directly affecting customers) every 3 months and the processes that direct and sustain the core process every 6 months. You may conduct a system audit once a year so you can prep the management system performance report for review by top management.

It's common sense really.

John

 

[Colin]

Nice summary John. But you know what they say about common sense - it ain't that common!

I still say he should attend a training course!

 

[John Broomfield]

Nice summary John. But you know what they say about common sense - it ain't that common!

I still say he should attend a training course!

Colin,

Thanks, I have every confidence that Greg is learning a little before he attends his course to further develop his competence and confidence.

He had enough common sense to know that what he had was a mess! And to come to the Cove!!

John

 

[kgott]

Thank you for your responses.

I was not trained to perform internal audits, I did very few internal audits while at one of my previous employers, but i had forms prepared for that so i knew what questions to ask.
I am looking for the blank forms for entering your findings and audit report onto.
i hope my answer will help other to help me

thanks

Don't be ruled by tradition and custom. Tradition and custom are shackles on improvement.

I do audits of our project delivery system and my report is what goes into the email that I send to the relevant parties, Then I print the email to PDF and place it in the audit records folder.