Why do we perform Quality Audit?

The purposes are:-

1. Improve the process parameters/process metrics.
2. Find out Preventive Actions required.
3. Find out Corrective actions required.
4. For continual improvement.
5. Analysis of Data.

Quality audits are performed to verify the effectiveness of a quality management system. They can also be used to:

-Gain internationally recognized quality certifications, such as ISO 9001.

-Verify the existence of objective process data.

-Assess how successfully processes have been implemented.

-Judge the effectiveness of achieving any defined target levels.

-Provide evidence concerning reduction and elimination of problem areas.

-Ensure the achievement of continual improvement in an organization.

To perform a quality audit effectively, practitioners can use Six Sigma’s DMAIC roadmap as an organizational resource. Six Sigma provides the tools to improve the capability and reduce the defects in any process, and quality audits can benefit from this structured approach.

Quality audit is the process of systematic examination of a quality system carried out by an internal or external quality auditor or an audit team. It is an important part of organization's quality management system and is a key element in the ISO quality system standard, ISO 9001.

Quality audits are typically performed at predefined time intervals and ensure that the institution has clearly defined internal system monitoring procedures linked to effective action. This can help determine if the organization complies with the defined quality system processes and can involve procedural or results-based assessment criteria.

With the upgrade of the ISO9000 series of standards from the 1994 to 2008 series, the focus of the audits has shifted from purely procedural adherence towards measurement of the actual effectiveness of the Quality Management System (QMS) and the results that have been achieved through the implementation of a QMS.

Audits are an essential management tool to be used for verifying objective evidence of processes, to assess how successfully processes have been implemented, for judging the effectiveness of achieving any defined target levels, to provide evidence concerning reduction and elimination of problem areas. For the benefit of the organisation, quality auditing should not only report non-conformances and corrective actions, but also highlight areas of good practice. In this way other departments may share information and amend their working practices as a result, also contributing to continual improvement.

Quality audits are performed to ensure the system is being implemented properly and is being followed at all levels in the company and also to ensure the following requirements are met:

1. Company requirements

2 Customer requirements

3 Statutory and legal requirements

4. Quality requirements

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