In light of the corona virus, and since AS9100 required use of risk based thinking, it seems like our company should scale back internal audits that require in person contact. We are nearly done with the first round of audits, which at this point it seems like we should finish. (Most of the interviews and in person process observations are done.)
But for the remaining audits this year, I think we should scale back or cancel many internal audits. If the audit can be done as an online records review or by email and phone, it should continue. If the audit is a follow-up to a 3rd party audit finding last year, it should continue. If there is another reason to consider the audit critical, it should continue.
Audits that were scheduled primarily because the area had not been audited in a few years seem to not be worth the risk. We have a few audits required by our customers annually that I think we should basically tell the customer we are not doing any in person interviewing this year, only records review. If we followed my proposal, I am guessing we will complete 40-60% of planned audits for the year, some of which will be partial audits.
This year is our every 3 year recert audit, and both auditors will be new.
My concern is come our annual AS9100 audit, we may not have covered all areas of the standard in 2020. I don’t see anything in 9.2 that requires performing internal audits on every AS9100 section every year, but experience shows many auditors expect that.
How do I push back and say our program meets the standard?
But for the remaining audits this year, I think we should scale back or cancel many internal audits. If the audit can be done as an online records review or by email and phone, it should continue. If the audit is a follow-up to a 3rd party audit finding last year, it should continue. If there is another reason to consider the audit critical, it should continue.
Audits that were scheduled primarily because the area had not been audited in a few years seem to not be worth the risk. We have a few audits required by our customers annually that I think we should basically tell the customer we are not doing any in person interviewing this year, only records review. If we followed my proposal, I am guessing we will complete 40-60% of planned audits for the year, some of which will be partial audits.
This year is our every 3 year recert audit, and both auditors will be new.
My concern is come our annual AS9100 audit, we may not have covered all areas of the standard in 2020. I don’t see anything in 9.2 that requires performing internal audits on every AS9100 section every year, but experience shows many auditors expect that.
How do I push back and say our program meets the standard?
