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Internal audit checklists and process audit templates

Whether you're undergoing an external audit for certification, or simply improving your management system's internal audit regime, the ISO 9001 internal audit checklists help deliver meaningful results by promoting effective audit planning, reporting and problem-solving.

• FREE Process audit template
• FREE 9-page off-site supplier self-assessment questionnaire
• FREE 21-page on-site supplier audit checklist template
• FREE Gap analysis checklist

The ISO 9001 internal audit checklist, supplier audit checklist and process audit template are fully editable, supplied in .docx and .xlsx formats. Easily amend the text, and tailor the templates to suit your business's audit requirements.

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Developed to align with the concepts, guidelines, and terminology fromISO 19011:2018 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems, the audit checklists reduce the risk of nonconformities during crucial internal audits for implementation and certification purposes.

If you're looking for ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2018 integrated management system templates, please click here for more information. ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 internal audit checklists are available here.

Why use an internal audit checklist?

The purpose of internal audit checklist is to help monitor and evaluate the conformance of an organization’s quality management system and the effectiveness of its processes. By using the internal audit checklist to compare business activities to broad system requirements, you can ensure that each clause or requirement has been assessed.

• Use the audit checklist to capture management system conformance
• Manage your audit findings in real-time
• Filter the audit checklist to select specific clauses to assist with process auditing
• Generate charts to summarize, communicate and report your internal audit findings

How do I audit a process?

Once your quality management system has matured, businesses should develop a process approach to their internal auditing programme. You can cross-refer the clause references in the process audit template to the questions in the filtered internal audit checklist.

Use the FREEprocess audit template, which replicates the turtle diagram from the Internal Audit Procedure, to encourage the auditors to review the inputs, outputs, risks, controls, activities, equipment, materials, personnel and methods of measurement for each process.

ISO 9001 audit checklist specification

The fully editable internal audit checklists comprise the certifiable requirements from ISO 9001:2015, phrased as question, to help ensure that each clause is assessed and that your processes are delivering the expected outputs. To see examples of the internal audit checklists and procedures, click the orange coloured links in the table below.

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Internal audit checklist formatting and compatibility

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Gap analysis audit checklist

The gap analysis will likely be your first ISO 9001:2015 audit as it provides a valuable baseline for the implementation process as a whole. The Gap Analysis Checklist summarizes the requirements contained in ISO 9001:2015 and will help to determine the differences, or gaps, between your existing quality management system and the requirements.

Management system audit checklist

System audits are commonly referred to as a ‘first-party audit’ and are conducted by organizations to determine conformance to a set of audit criteria arising from standards like ISO 9001:2015, often in preparation for certification. The Internal Audit Checklist focuses on the quality management system requirements to ensure that each clause has been implemented. The internal audit checklist may be used for requirement audits initially and then filtered for ongoing process audits.

Process audit checklist

The adoption of the ‘process approach’ is mandated by ISO 9001:2015 and is one of the most important concepts relating to your quality management system. You can use the Process Audit Checklist Template for conducting an in-depth analysis to verify that individual processes; comprising the management system, are performing and producing outputs in accordance with your planned outcomes.

Supplier audit checklist

When evaluating and selecting suppliers, supplier audits are often conducted to verify that the potential supplier has an adequate management system that can ensure consistent performance in delivering conforming products, parts or services. Use the off-site Supplier Self-assessment Form to initially gather this information. Based on risk and other priorities, use the on-site Supplier Audit Checklist to undertake a more detailed, 2nd party, follow-up supplier audit.

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What is an ISO Internal Audit?

The purpose of an internal audit is to assess the effectiveness of your organization’s quality management system and your organization's overall performance. Your internal audits demonstrate compliance with your ‘planned arrangements’, e.g. the Quality Management System (QMS) and how its' processes are implemented and maintained.

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Why perform Internal Audits?

Your organization will likely conduct internal audits for one or more of the following reasons:

1. Ensuring compliance to the requirements of internal, international and industry standards & regulations, and customer requirements
2. To determine the effectiveness of the implemented system in meeting specified objectives (quality, environmental, financial)
3. To explore opportunities for improvement
4. To meet statutory and regulatory requirements
5. To provide feedback to Top Management

Principles of Internal Auditing

Auditing relies on a number of principles whose intent is to make the audit become an effective and reliable tool that supports your company’s management policies and policies whilst providing suitable objective information that your company can act upon to continually improve its performance.

Adherence to the following principles are considered to be a prerequisite for ensuring that the conclusions derived from the audit are accurate, objective and sufficient. It also allows auditors working independently from one another to reach similar conclusions when auditing in similar circumstances.

The following principles relate to auditors.

1. Ethical conduct: Trust, integrity, confidentiality and discretion are essential to auditing
2. Fair presentation: Audit findings, conclusions and reports reflect truthfully and accurately the audit activities
3. Professional care: Auditors must exercise care in accordance with the importance of the task they perform;
4. Independence: Auditors must be independent of the activity being audited and be objective
5. Evidence-based approach: Evidence must be verifiable and be based on samples of the information available.

Selection of Auditors

Competence level may be measured by training, participation in previous audits and experience in conducting audits. Auditors may be external or internal personnel; however, they should be in a position to be impartial and objective.

When internal personnel are selected to perform an audit, a mechanism needs to be established to ensure objectivity, for instance, a representative from another department may be selected to do the audit.
Audits are demanding and require various forms of expertise. The size of the audit team will vary pending the size of the organization, size and type of operations and the scope of the audit.

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Preparing for the Audit

Before the audit, prepare thoroughly! Spending time in preparation will make you much more effective during the audit - you will become a better auditor. Auditors should not skip this step as it provides much needed value to the audit. Taking the time to prepare and organize actually saves time during the audit.

You should have an up-to-date audit schedule and a well defined audit plan for each process. Be sure to communicate the audit schedule to all parties involved as well as to Top Management as this will help reinforce your mandate.

Gather together all the relevant documented information that relates to the process you will be auditing. Look at process metrics, work instructions, turtle diagrams, process maps and flowcharts, etc. If applicable, collect and review any control plans and failure mode effects analysis work sheets too. Review these thoroughly and highlight the aspects that you plan to audit. Using the documented information in this way ensures they become audit records.

Your organization’s documented information may not cover all of the requirements that may be relevant to the process. If certain information is not available, it may become your first audit finding, not bad for the pre-audit review!

Certain information and linkages should be audited. Some are required and some are simply good audit practice. Putting these sections into a worksheet format gives auditors a guide to follow, to ensure the relevant links are audited.

The Human Aspect of Auditing

Good auditors realize very early on that they are dealing with personalities as much as processes and systems. Whilst the intent of the audit a serious one, often light humor, politeness and diplomacy are the best ways to build rapport. It is vital every effort is made to reassure those being audited that the audit’s primary function is to drive improvement, not to name and shame.

If you are new to auditing, acknowledge this fact, be open and honest. It is also important to explain to the auditees that they are free to express their views during the audit. Remember that you, the auditor, are also there to learn.

Always discuss the issues you have identified with the auditees and always provide guidance on what is expected in terms rectifying any non-conformances or closing out observations you raised. Let the auditees know they are welcome to read your notes and findings; the audit is not a secret.

Try not to be drawn into arguments concerning your observations. It is never appropriate to directly name people in the audit report as this may lead to defensiveness which is ultimately counter productive.

Definition of Internal Auditing

'Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations. It helps an organization accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.'

Source: International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF), The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. Florida, USA, January 2011

Types of ISO Internal Audit

Internal audits are commonly referred to as ‘first-party audits’ and are conducted by an organization to determine compliance to a set of requirements which might arise from standards like ISO 9001:2015, as well as customer or regulatory requirements.

There are common methods of internal auditing that may be used to determine compliance:

1. System Audits
2. Process Audits
3. Product Audits

System Audits

The system audits are best undertaken using the internal audit checklist. This type of audit focuses on the organization’s quality management system as a whole, and compares the planning activities and broad system requirements to ensure that each clause or requirement has been implemented.

Process Audits

The process audit is an in-depth analysis which verifies that the processes comprising the management system are performing and producing in accordance with desired outcomes. The process audit also identifies any opportunities for improvement and possible corrective actions. Process audits are used to concentrate on any special, vulnerable, new or high-risk processes.

Product Audits

The product audit may be a series of audits, at appropriate stages of design, production and delivery to verify conformity to any specified product requirements, such as dimensions, functionality, packaging and labeling, at a defined frequency.

So, how is an audit conducted?

Use an Internal Audit Checklist

An internal audit checklist will help you to determine the extent to which your organization’s quality management system conforms to the requirements by determining whether those requirements have been effectively implemented and maintained. The Iso Audit Checklist For Training Department Objectives 2017

Consider these common audit questions:

1. What are your responsibilities?
2. How do you know how to carry them out?
3. What kind of training is given to new employees?
4. How is the effectiveness of training evaluated?
5. Are training records maintained?
6. What are the objectives of your processes?
7. What is the quality policy and where is it found?
8. Which documents do you use and are they correct?
9. What outputs does your process create?
10. How are your records maintained?
11. How do you ensure that products meet the stated requirements?
12. Is customer satisfaction data analyzed?
13. How do you ensure that products meet the stated requirements?
14. What happens when changes are made to product requirements?
15. What are the responsibilities/authorities for dealing with non-conformances
16. Are there trends in non-conforming products and what's being done about it?
17. Is the non-conformance procedure linked to the corrective action process?
18. Are employees made aware of the quality policy and objectives?
19. Are policies and objectives available and relevant?
20. How are quality objectives determined?
21. Is there a clear link between the policies and objectives?
22. How is progress towards objectives measured and communicated?
23. Has the number of customer complaints changed over time?
24. What tools are used to identify the causes of complaints?
25. How are improvement efforts and successes communicated to employees?

Getting the Most from the Audit Schedule

The audit schedule is divided up to reflect each section of ISO 9001 You should determine which of these sections are of greatest relevance to your business; in other words, which processes, should there be problems, will affect your customers the most. These are the processes that your company must make certain remain stable and consistent. You might wish to schedule these key processes for additional audits, perhaps two or even three times per year.

The audit schedule provides the following benefits:

1. Provides a visual plan of the audit programme
2. Demonstrates coverage of the whole standard
3. Provide current status of the audit programme
4. Promotes awareness

Other types of Audit

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• Certification Audit (also know as an ISO Compliance Audit)
• Surveillance Audit (this is also an ISO Audit)

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Is a Certified Auditor 'Required' To Do An ISO Audit or Can the Company do the ISO Audit Themselves?

You do not need a 'Certified Auditor' to undertake internal quality audits of your management system and its processes.

Certified Auditors normally work for external, third-party accreditation bodies such as DNV, UKAS, LRQA, who will perform the Certification Audit, that is, assess your organization's management system against the requirements of ISO 9001 and provide your certificate of compliance. They will also conduct Surveillance Audits to ensure that your certification is maintained. They would not be involved in day-to-day internal auditing operations.

Internal Auditors can be people from within your organization who posses the necessary competence and impartiality to undertake internal audits in order to ensure effective operation of your organization's processes. The Internal Auditors often report to the Quality Manager.

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