Certification audits are generally carried out in 2 stages. Typically, one of the requirements prior to a certification audit is the evidence that the organisation has implemented a management system for at least 2-3 months, depending on various certification bodies. …
Category Archives: ISO Audits
When did your business achieve ISO certification? If it’s been a few months, your next ISO internal audit could be right around the corner. Even when you’re busy, making time to complete regular internal audits is crucial. When businesses fall …
More than one million organisations in over 170 countries are compliant with ISO 9001, the international standard for quality management. If you’re looking to become one of them or want to maintain quality compliance, regularly completing ISO internal audits is a …
Research suggests that many companies are cutting their internal audit budgets. While it’s great to look for ways to cut costs and remove inefficiencies in the way your business does things, if this isn’t done strategically, you risk cutting corners …
When it comes to getting ISO certified, it’s not uncommon for organisations to believe all their ISO internal audits have to be conducted onsite – but this isn’t the case. For some time, remote consulting has been a practical and …
While an ISO internal audit may not appear too difficult at first glance, if an auditor is inexperienced or unqualified, it can be easy to overlook key non-conformances and miss out on the significant ROI of well-designed internal audits. If …