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Remote audits – what are the limits?

A remote audit, also known as virtual audit, is the method of conducting an audit distantly, using electronic means such as videoconferencing, email, and telephone to acquire audit evidence, just like during an on-site audit.  The overall aim is to evaluate this evidence objectively to determine the… 

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Benefits of remote auditing

Remote audits may have many benefits when it comes to efficiency, access to competence, increased reach and mitigating risks. But companies have to use it in the right context. The main benefit of remote auditing is cost flexibility. Auditors will incur fewer costs through every remote audit they conduct, such as… 

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Do remote audits becoming ‘new normal’?

Audits are used for a variety of reasons, including assessing compliance with standards and regulations, adherence to requirements and specifications, evaluating process and system performance, evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of the quality management system; etc. A remote internal audit is usually done partially or completely off-site employing… 

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Management review – Lecture 23

Lecture summary: A management review is a management tool in the hands of the top management for evaluating the QMS. It is one of the methods dictated by the ISO 9001 standard for monitoring the QMS and evaluating its performances and effectiveness. The QMS has to be reviewed at… 

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Internal audit – Lecture 22

Lecture summary: An internal audit is an effective tool that is used for self-assessment of your organization and to determine the extent to which it fulfills the QMS requirements. The audit findings will show you the effectiveness of your QMS and identify nonconformities and opportunities for improvement. ISO 9001… 

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Control of Nonconforming Outputs – Lecture 20

Lecture summary: Treating and managing nonconformities is one of the basic objectives of the ISO 9001 Standard. Nonconforming outputs are the outputs of processes that don’t meet a needed requirement or an expectation of one of the interested parties of the organization that are specified, implied,… 

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Release of products and services – Lecture 19

Lecture summary: Release of the product or services is about verification that the product and service requirements have been met according to customer requirements. Release activities aim to ensure that the realization of the product or the service has been expectedly completed and that the product or… 

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Production and service provision – Lecture 18

Lecture summary: Control of Production and service provision Standard ISO 9001 wants to say that you need to set up control by applying and enforcing a set of principles and conditions that will lead the realization process.  Control will allow you to monitor various parameters during the product realization…