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I am just about done with training our Internal Auditors and when all done, we will have conducted three limited, ‘practice’ audits in which we all participated. After that, we will do our first complete Internal Audit.
I have divided the departments and operations among the four auditors, and each will do a complete audit of his/her areas. We will be auditing for the following:
A. How well does what we actually do match what the procedures we have just written say we do?
(As part of this, we will also be able to identify if a procedure, and not the activity per se, is at fault and the write-up is to be corrected.)
B. Are the ISO 9001:2000 elements applicable to any specific area properly met or satisfied?
(Here, we will also be able to identify if there are any elements of the Standard that we have not addressed at all.)
My concern is that after finishing the procedures, which I have written based on my interviews with managers, supervisors, and operators, I may have missed critical details. For example, in our Corrective Action procedure, I had forgotten to include a timing requirement for when a corrective action is to be completed. Another example is the lack of listing of some of the forms that we use within the applicable procedures.
I am presently seeking approval to have an independent consultant do a gap audit after our first internal audit. After that gap audit, I plan to do another internal audit, although perhaps not complete, and then we will be ready for the Registrar.
How else can I find out if I have dotted all the i’s and crossed all the t’s?
Thanks!
Alex
I have divided the departments and operations among the four auditors, and each will do a complete audit of his/her areas. We will be auditing for the following:
A. How well does what we actually do match what the procedures we have just written say we do?
(As part of this, we will also be able to identify if a procedure, and not the activity per se, is at fault and the write-up is to be corrected.)
B. Are the ISO 9001:2000 elements applicable to any specific area properly met or satisfied?
(Here, we will also be able to identify if there are any elements of the Standard that we have not addressed at all.)
My concern is that after finishing the procedures, which I have written based on my interviews with managers, supervisors, and operators, I may have missed critical details. For example, in our Corrective Action procedure, I had forgotten to include a timing requirement for when a corrective action is to be completed. Another example is the lack of listing of some of the forms that we use within the applicable procedures.
I am presently seeking approval to have an independent consultant do a gap audit after our first internal audit. After that gap audit, I plan to do another internal audit, although perhaps not complete, and then we will be ready for the Registrar.
How else can I find out if I have dotted all the i’s and crossed all the t’s?
Thanks!
Alex
I just want to do as much work up front as possible.