He described previous audits as having been done by a contracted consultant. That being the case I would not be surprised to see them all done at once. After all, the standard doesn't say when they will be done, just that they will be done and scheduled annually.
One could certainly argue, based on what little I know from this thread that this is an organizational attempt to improve things, to make audits an internal process versus hiring an outsider. And that having been done if I was a CB and saw an organization packing an entire system's worth of audits into a single month or quarter, I would ask why. But as I understand the requirements (do I?) the CB can't require audits to be spaced out throughout the year so the question is really an exploration into that rather subjective topic called effectiveness.
One could certainly argue, based on what little I know from this thread that this is an organizational attempt to improve things, to make audits an internal process versus hiring an outsider. And that having been done if I was a CB and saw an organization packing an entire system's worth of audits into a single month or quarter, I would ask why. But as I understand the requirements (do I?) the CB can't require audits to be spaced out throughout the year so the question is really an exploration into that rather subjective topic called effectiveness.
Certainly the CB auditor can't require 'spacing out', but then, practically doing one audit a year doesn't address the 'status and importance' does it? Does no organization have any changes/new or poor performing processes etc?
Oh and BTW - the basic ISO standard doesn't require anything to be done scheduled annually...
