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Internal Audits - can they be done by an outside party?

GGogoleski | 08 July, 2008 18:53

Many companies are choosing to outsource their internal audit process because of various resource issues within the organization. A number of reasons for this trend are becoming more common throughout many industries.

After spending large sums of money training a pool of good internal auditor candidates, an organization may find that some within that group take on new positions and responsibilities that either do not allow time for conducting internal audits or they are no longer able to audit certain areas because of their new role. Some employees will leave the organization and some will just decide that internal auditing is not for them. This is especially true in companies that are registered to such standards as ISO/TS 16949, AS9100 and other industry specific standards based on ISO 9001. The methods needed for conducting internal audits in these standards can be rather time consuming in terms of preparation.

Another reason is that some companies will use a large pool of internal auditors where most of them may only get a chance to audit one time per year. For small companies with simple processes, this isn't a big deal. For other organizations that have a multitude of key processes and departments, the auditing process can lose its effectiveness because of a lack of auditing experience by the internal auditor.

If your internal audit program has stalled and surveillance audits are approaching, let G3 Solutions show you how to ease the burden of having limited time for a complex schedule. Not only can G3 Solutions auditors pinpoint critical areas and nonconformances, G3 Solutions consultants and auditors can provide expertise in helping your organization develop cost-saving strategies to implement as part of the corrective action.

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The AIAG FMEA 4th edition is here! Coming soon: Advance Product Quality Planning 2nd edition!

GGogoleski | 07 July, 2008 09:31

Automotive suppliers beware! The 4th edititon of the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Reference Manual is here! Soon to be released: the second edition Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) Reference Manual.

If your organization would like an overview of the new changes to these core tools, contact G3 Solutions to arrange for an on-site training session that will help you keep up to date.


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