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ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group
The ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group is constituted as an
informal group of quality management system (QMS) experts, auditors and
practitioners, drawn from the ISO Technical Committee 176 Quality Management
and Quality Assurance (ISO/TC 176) and the International Accreditation
Forum (IAF). The
Co-Conveners of the ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group are Mr B.Venkataraman (Director, NABCB, A sister web
page for the Accreditation
Auditing Practices Group has been established to provide guidance to
accreditation auditors.
· Introduction
to the ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group · The
need for a 2-stage approach to auditing · Measuring
QMS effectiveness and improvements · Understanding
the process approach · Determination
of the “where appropriate” processes · Auditing
the “where appropriate” requirements · Demonstrating
conformity to the standard · Linking
an audit of a particular task, activity or process to the overall system · Auditing
continual improvement · Auditing
a QMS which has minimum documentation · How
to audit top management processes · The
role and value of the audit checklist · Scope
of ISO 9001, Scope of Quality Management System and Defining Scope of
Certification · How
to Add Value during the audit process · Auditing
competence and the effectiveness of actions taken · Auditing
Statutory and Regulatory requirements · Auditing
Quality Policy, Quality Objectives, and Management Review · Auditing
ISO 9001, Clause 7.6 Control of monitoring and measuring equipment · Making
effective use of ISO 19011 · Auditing
Customer Feedback processes · Guidance
for reviewing and closing nonconformities · Auditing
Internal Communications · Auditing
Service Organizations · Third
Party Auditor Impartiality and Conflict of Interest · Auditing
the Effectiveness of the Internal Audit · Auditing
Electronic Based Management Systems · Auditing
the Management of Resources · Auditing
Customer Communications · Auditing
the Design and Development Process · Auditor
Code of Conduct and Ethics · Guidance
on Cultural Aspects of Auditing · Auditing
the Procurement and Supply Chain Processes · Added
Value Audits versus Consultancy · Approach
to Demonstration of Traceability of Measurement Results "Zip"
file of all the above documents [TRANSLATIONS
– Links to translations of the above documents]
[1] ISO 9000:2005, Quality
management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary [2] ISO 9001:2008, Quality
management systems – Requirements [3] ISO 9004:2000, Quality
management systems – Guidelines for performance improvements [4] "ISO 9000
Introduction and Support Package" guidance documents from ISO/TC 176 SC2: N524 – Guidance on ISO
9001:2008, Clause 1.2 'Application' N525 – Guidance on the
Documentation requirements of ISO 9001:2008 N526 – Guidance on the
Terminology used in ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 9004:2000 N544 – Guidance on the
Concept and Use of the Process Approach N630 – Guidance on
Outsourced Processes N836 – Implementation
guidance for ISO 9001:2008 (These may be downloaded, for
free, from the ISO or ISO/TC 176/SC 2 web sites) [5] ISO/IEC 17000:2004,
Conformity assessment – Vocabulary and general principles [6] ISO 19011:2002,
Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing [7] ISO/IEC 17021:2006,
Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and
certification of management systems [8] ISO Handbook:2002, ISO 9001:2000 for small businesses – What to
do, Advice from ISO/TC 176 [9] ISO 9001:2000 –
What does it mean in the supply chain? [10] IAF mandatory documents
which may be downloaded, for free, from the IAF
web site: IAF
MD 1:2007 Certification of Multiple Sites Based on Sampling IAF
MD 2:2007 Transfer of Accredited Certification of Management Systems IAF
MD 3:2008 Advanced Surveillance and Recertification Procedures (ASRP) IAF
MD 5:2009 Duration of QMS and EMS Audits Useful web sites: © ISO & IAF 2004 – All rights reserved Document Revision Status Information
Therefore
and unless otherwise specified, no part of these ISO / IAF publications may be
reproduced or utilized (including reproduction in whole or in part to another
Internet site), in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying, microfilm, scanning, etc., without permission in
writing from the publishers. Requests should be addressed to: ISO Copyright Office IAF Corporate Secretary
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