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Auditing Services

Auditing Overview

Auditing is a systemic and independent examination of your system against a standard to determine conformance. Our competent team of auditors has years of experience in auditing; conducting first party and secondary audits as well as constant experience conducting certification audits on behalf of Certification Bodies. We provide audits services such as internal audits, precertification audits, opinion audits, gap audits and supplier audits.

Choosing QSSI to conduct your audits provides you with the benefit of a value-added service. We audit to ensure conformance to the relevant standards and compliance to the relevant regulations, as well as, assess the performance of your system to ensure the overall objectives of your management system is being met. We provide you with a clear audit report that is easy to understand and be used to improve your system.

Is auditing right for you?

  • Have you implemented a management system and want to maintain its effectiveness?
  • Are you certified to a management system which requires annual internal audits?
  • Do you have suppliers of products or services whom you want to ensure are adhering to the established standards?
  • Are you having high non-conformance/defect rates in your process?
  • Do you want to identify the gaps in your system to make improvements?
  • Is your staff very involved in the operation and you cannot afford to have them pausing to execute an audit?
  • Do you want an objective view on your system?
  • Do you want to ensure you internal audit team is auditing effectively?
  • Do you have a small staff complement and they would be auditing their own work when conducting the internal audit?

Benefits of Auditing

Identify Deficiencies

Identify deficiencies in your system that could lead to non-conformances.

Continuous Improvements

Continuous improvements of process.

Accountability

Ensures accountability.

Verify Compliance

Verifies compliance with standards.

Increase Credibility

Increases credibility due to independent verification.

Preventative Actions

Identification of preventative actions.

Use Data

Provides data for planning.

Best Practices

Compares your documented system with the actual practice.

Optimize Systems

Recommend ways for further optimization of your management system.