Improving Operational Efficiency and Quality Excellence Eric Stoop, CEO at EASE Inc – a developer of plant floor audits and insights software in the US – provides his top five tips to help manufacturing businesses overcome the obstacles posed by Covid-19. As the UK’s manufacturing sector continues its recovery, a feeling of optimism is …
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Third-Party Audits During Pandemic of ISO 9001 Damien Tiller, CQP MCQI, IRCA Lead PQMS and QMS Auditor, highlights the way the SOC® Service Organizations: Trust Services Criteria Report could overcome the difficulties inherent in remote auditing. Many organisations have switched to remote audits during their vendor selection and due-diligence auditing phase. For some organisations, especially …
David Finney, CQP MCQI, founder of The Energy of Conversation and trainer in coaching and auditing, shares his top tips for problem solving, while meeting the requirements for ISO 9001:2015. I’ve been training professionals in coaching and auditing skills for many years. When I discuss internal issues arising in business I constantly come across the …
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Understanding Objective of Management System Audit William Rankin, CQP FCQI, Management System and Audit Manager at Inmarsat, UK, takes a look at how quality managers and internal auditors can work together to ensure objectivity and integrity is achieved during audits. Dilemma A medium-sized pharmaceutical company, with a global presence, recently appointed a new managing director …
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Criteria of Integrated Management Systems Audit: Sponsored article: Alan Grogan, CQP MCQI, shares his six-step model for managing the requirements of auditing integrated management systems. I don’t know about you, but when I have to manage an internal audit system I always have the same concerns: How do I stop losing auditors? How do I …
Maintaining Quality Standards During The Covid 19: Youmna Abboud, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Associate at Zimmer Biomet, Middle East, explains why internal audits are required during the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses around the world have been disturbed and had to revise their yearly plans, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The healthcare industry, in particular, witnessed …
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Internal Auditor Maintain Its Independence: Andy Nichols, CQP MCQI, Program Manager at Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, US, explains how internal auditors can achieve the independence requirements of ISO 9001. One of the most frequently misunderstood and debated requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 requirements for Internal Audits (9.2.2) is the idea that auditors are ‘independent’ of …
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Perspective from Certification Body, Auditor and Auditee on Remote Auditing: Dean Blevins, CQP MCQI, Product Quality Specialist at Almac Group reveals what was discussed at the latest CQI Northern Ireland branch event on remote auditing. On Tuesday 5 May 2020, the CQI’s Northern Ireland branch hosted an online webinar called ‘Remote Auditing – A 360 Degree Perspective’. The branch event, which was …
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Cost Management Through Internal Audit: Jeff Monk, CQP FCQI, Managing Director of auditing training and consultancy firm, Jemo International, shares his simple steps to help organisations curtail costs and improve business performance through audits. Many senior executives view quality as an overhead cost, necessary but not profit making. This article is based on work that we, …
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Benefits of Second Party Audits for QMS Improvement: Gordon McNeil, CQP MCQI, IRCA Principal Auditor, explains the importance of second party audits, and the role that accreditation and certification can play Certification to the ISO 9001 standard is often a minimum customer requirement for external product and service providers and their sub-tiers. As organisations seek …
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