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Matthew Miller
how to know what is a process and what is not?
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Good morning, I have been performing internal audits for our company for about 4 years now. Every time I think I know ...
Matthew Miller Dec '20
Matthew Miller Matthew Miller Dec '20
Oh well, I was hoping a membership with ASQ would help me as our auditor from SAI Global suggested, but I guess not.
William Leonard William Leonard Jan '21
Hi Matt, 
First, what did you answer when the auditor asked you why you hadn't audited sub-processes?  I thought ...
Duke Okes Duke Okes Jan '21
Use a risk-based approach to decide what sub-processes to audit and how frequently.

1. Sit down with the process ...
Betty Leonhard Betty Leonhard Apr '21
I'm four months in at my current co. And I'm trying to audit every process this year. I've got a list of about 60 of ...
Diana Baldi Diana Baldi Jul '21

Matthew, your pose a good question. I dislike the feedback from your auditor a lot. For several reasons. If we go to ...

Santosh Mishra Santosh Mishra Oct '21

Well articulated! Yes Risk based approach is the best way forward. We should not be doing internal audits for audit ...

Janet Lentz Janet Lentz Oct '21

You can’t audit your own work. You will have to train a second auditor for that.

Susan Gorveatte Susan Gorveatte Oct '21

Hi Matthew, it looks like you are getting some traction on your post (I'm thinking in December members were doing ...

Susan Gorveatte
New Webinar Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
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Check this out! I am so excited to be speaking at the Audit Special Interest Group webinar next week. This virtual ...
Susan Gorveatte Oct '21
Jessica Leung
Re-Certification Season
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Fall is coming! I know you see it - the return of pumpkin everything in the stores and shops, the halloween ...
Jessica Leung Sep '21
Susanne Burke Susanne Burke Sep '21

Thank you for sharing such an important message about recertification.

Shaconii Abraham
Looking for a Consultant or Company
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I am looking for a consultant or company that can audit our QMS in Texas. I am looking for someone who is local to the ...
Shaconii Abraham Sep '21
Betty Leonhard
ISO 9001:2015 8.5.6
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I'm looking for a few real-world examples of how companies meet this 8.5.6 requirement. What changes would this ...
Betty Leonhard Apr '21
Susanne Burke Susanne Burke Apr '21
Hi Betty,
At my last job where I worked for a company that designed and built jet engine test systems, we would have 3 ...
Betty Leonhard Betty Leonhard Apr '21
That sounds great for 8.3.6 which is design changes.

I'm curious about 8.5.6 which is for production changes.
Stephanie Carlson Stephanie Carlson May '21
Good Afternoon Betty,

"The organization shall review and control changes for production or service provision, ...
    Richard Tanner Richard Tanner Jun '21
    Betty,

    The way I approach Change control - be it process of document related, I established a Change Control Form ...
    Murray Gonzalez Murray Gonzalez Sep '21

    Hello Betty,
    I'm one of the instructors for our ISO 9001:2015 Requirements from A to Z classes. We have an ...

    Susan Gorveatte
    Walmart compliance audits
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    Hi there, I am looking to see if anyone has any experience with Walmart compliance audits who wouldn't mind an ...
    Susan Gorveatte Sep '21
    Susan Gorveatte
    Favourite Questions to ask in an Audit?
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    I'm interested in hearing everyone's favourite questions to ask while conducting an audit. When I audit Top ...
    Susan Gorveatte Sep '21
    Kristen Wagner Kristen Wagner Sep '21

    It isn't necessarily asking a question, but during floor audits, I love asking someone to “show me” a task and to ...

    Susan Gorveatte Susan Gorveatte Sep '21
    Also, when I am auditing top management I like to ask, "What are the lions, tigers, and bears that are impacting the ...
    Carla Jones Carla Jones Sep '21

    Top management is just that. The top. They should have a rearview line of sight to their organization. First, I ...

    Susan Grunenwald
    Information in Spanish
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    Hoping someone could provide direction on how to find auditing information written in Spanish. Really just ...
    Susan Grunenwald Sep '21
    Santosh Mishra
    Initiating discussions on "effectiveness of an audit ...
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    Hello Dear fellow auditors, I wanted to start a thread on the above topic. When would you decide as an auditor that ...
    Santosh Mishra Aug '21
    Michael Williams Michael Williams Aug '21

    I would also add that the Audit adds value to the organization.

    Santosh Mishra
    Reducing popularity of 9001 Audits worldwide
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    Hello Dear Auditors, The figures from ISO.org indicate that the # of certifications are declining for the last ...
    Santosh Mishra Aug '21
    Michael Williams Michael Williams Aug '21

    As auditors we should be adding value to the business, if not then we should look into accounting. I think ISO ...