Well, ISO 14001:2004 is scheduled to come out later this year or, as Sindey pointed out, it would be called ISO 14001:2005. (ahhh...ISO humour) Naturally, it is being tweaked so that there is an even closer alignment to ISO 9001....which brings me to the process auditing.
Sure, the revised standard isn't out, but there is nothing in the current one forbidding me from taking this approach (and nothing in our own documented process on how to audit). So...away I go....
First things first....
I grabbed...excuse me....went online and found the electronic (aka the "latest and greatest") version of our Environment Department's process map. I then developed a matrix that has all of the elements along one axis and all of the tasks in the Environment Process Map along the other.
I've asked our Environmental Coordinator to complete the matrix, indicating which tasks and elements are related to each (in some cases there can be more than one).
When this is provided to me, I intend to schedule the audit (i.e., allocating time, determining who's asking questions [got some newbie auditors at my beck-and-call]), etc.), including, of course, time to go out on the floor and talk to the people who do the EMS.
Feedback appreciated...do I sound like I'm on the right track?
Ahhh...this is my 500th post....and I'm starting a new thread...feel like celebrating!
Sure, the revised standard isn't out, but there is nothing in the current one forbidding me from taking this approach (and nothing in our own documented process on how to audit). So...away I go....
First things first....
I grabbed...excuse me....went online and found the electronic (aka the "latest and greatest") version of our Environment Department's process map. I then developed a matrix that has all of the elements along one axis and all of the tasks in the Environment Process Map along the other.
I've asked our Environmental Coordinator to complete the matrix, indicating which tasks and elements are related to each (in some cases there can be more than one).
When this is provided to me, I intend to schedule the audit (i.e., allocating time, determining who's asking questions [got some newbie auditors at my beck-and-call]), etc.), including, of course, time to go out on the floor and talk to the people who do the EMS.
Feedback appreciated...do I sound like I'm on the right track?
Ahhh...this is my 500th post....and I'm starting a new thread...feel like celebrating!

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