Short Note - Auditing

Short Note

Auditing

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Auditing is an important mechanism for evaluating the conformity, implementation and effectiveness of a management system. The system may relate to any discipline, such as quality, environment, occupational health and safety, information security, human resources, energy, or another organizational discipline. The auditor compares objective evidence with defined audit criteria. The result of this evaluation may indicate conformity, nonconformity, risks, opportunities for improvement, or other findings.

Among these, nonconformity has a special significance.

A nonconformity is not simply something that an auditor does not like or something that could have been done better. It is a finding supported by objective evidence showing that a specified requirement has not been fulfilled.

The value of identifying a nonconformity, however, goes much beyond recording a failure. A well-understood and properly analysed nonconformity can become an important input for correction, corrective action, risk reduction, prevention of recurrence and continual improvement.

Regards,

Keshav Ram Singhal