Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Making effective use of ISO 19011


ISO 19011 Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing provides guidelines for first, second and third-party auditing of both quality and environmental management systems. Whilst much of the standard is relevant to third party QMS audits, not all of its clauses are directly applicable. The standard contains options relating to auditing methods and auditor competence but the content is not mandatory. The guidance is intended to be flexible and the application can differ according to the size, nature and complexity of the organisation to be audited. It is up to each third party auditing body to use the guidelines to the extent appropriate to their needs and relevance to their own working practices.

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