MCT Beginning T 36

1. The audit procedure contains, at minimum, instructions on how to:

• Plan the audits
• Conduct the audits
• Ensure auditor competence
• Assign the responsibility for managing the audit program to a qualified person

2. The results of the process internal audit:

• Are management review outputs
• Are management review inputs
• Allow QMS improvement opportunities to be found
• Are verifiable evidences

3. Improving the audit program takes into account the:

• Rate of implementation of the audit plan
• Percentage of trained persons as internal auditors
• Trends of audits
• Proper application of procedures

4. Traps to be avoided for an auditor:

• Share advice or opinions
• Careful listening
• Keep people waiting for you
• Discretion
• Read the audit questionnaire spep by step
• Neglect the work place at the expense of the documentation

5. The extent of the audit program, among other things, depends on:

• Process complexity
• Risks identified
• Follow-up of previous audits
• Commercial policy
• Essential characteristics of products