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ISO 9001 8.2.2 Internal audit states
"The organization shall conduct internal audits at planned intervals to determine whether the quality management system
a) conforms to the planned arrangements (see 7.1), to the requirements of this International Standard and to the quality management system requirements established by the organization, and
b) is effectively implemented and maintained."
I've always fellt that this definition of internal auditing is effective but awkward. To me it boils douwn to
+ Does the internal audit show:-
a) (Documented) system conforms to (ISO 9001) standard requirements and company requirements?
b) (Documented) company system is being followed by auditee.
I put "documented" in brackets because systems are normally but not always documented.
These two aspects of internal audit are critical and are separate issues. An auit nonconformance should always be categorisable into type a) and type b).
Audits that focus on type a) are sometimes called "process" or "desktop" audits and there are some other names for type b), but it is always possible to do an internal audit and categorise findings into type a) or type b) inyetnal audit nonconformances.
I came up with my own 'labels' for these two types of audit findings but I wish to reconsider these labels.
My question is:- What do other quality practititioners call these type a) and type b) findings?
Integrator
"The organization shall conduct internal audits at planned intervals to determine whether the quality management system
a) conforms to the planned arrangements (see 7.1), to the requirements of this International Standard and to the quality management system requirements established by the organization, and
b) is effectively implemented and maintained."
I've always fellt that this definition of internal auditing is effective but awkward. To me it boils douwn to
+ Does the internal audit show:-
a) (Documented) system conforms to (ISO 9001) standard requirements and company requirements?
b) (Documented) company system is being followed by auditee.
I put "documented" in brackets because systems are normally but not always documented.
These two aspects of internal audit are critical and are separate issues. An auit nonconformance should always be categorisable into type a) and type b).
Audits that focus on type a) are sometimes called "process" or "desktop" audits and there are some other names for type b), but it is always possible to do an internal audit and categorise findings into type a) or type b) inyetnal audit nonconformances.
I came up with my own 'labels' for these two types of audit findings but I wish to reconsider these labels.
My question is:- What do other quality practititioners call these type a) and type b) findings?
Integrator