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Learnings from a long auditing career: Advice for the next generation
Richard Brett CQP MCQI, Vice Chair of the Audit SIG, recently retired after a long career with GSK, which included almost 20 years working as an auditor. Here, he reviews how auditing practice has changed, and what he learned during his career, and offers some advice for the next generation of auditors.
Auditing for effective integration: Mind the gap
Jonathan Bishop CQI FCQI, Head of Management Systems at Cellnex UK, outlines how auditing plays a key role in the effective integration of management systems.
Should an audit be announced?
Is the element of surprise helpful when it comes to conducting an audit? Caitlin McArthur, Audit & Compliance Manager at Sodexo, makes the case against surprising clients with an audit.
Effective auditing starts with the end result in mind
Internal auditors need to ensure that top management fully understand what audit results are telling them. Andy Nichols, CQP FCQI, Quality Program Manager at Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center in the US, explains how.
Planning for audit success or for the sake of planning?
When looking ahead to conducting an audit, are you planning for success, or just planning for the sake of planning? IRCA Lead Auditor Andy Lau takes a look at three key points to consider for internal audits.
Working hard is hardly working
Many businesses are trapped into the belief that productivity means working your staff longer and harder, but lessons to the contrary go back more than 40 years. Robert Menzies CQP MCQI, Continuous Improvement Manager at Fresenius Kabi Ltd, reviews those lessons.
Why company style should not replace company effectiveness
Andrew Ward CQP MCQI explains why a strong written business procedure should be front and centre for all organisations, helping to maintain the company image.
Focusing on the future
IRCA Principal Auditor Ravindiran Gurusamy makes the case for putting customer focus at the heart of an organisation.
Audit SIG attendees and the future of audit
The Chartered Quality Institute’s Audit SIG Conference, in partnership with Inmarsat and sponsored by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), took place on September 15 at Inmarsat’s headquarters in London. At the end of the event, delegates and Audit SIG members stopped to share their thoughts on the future of the audit industry and their key takeaways from the event.
Reframing perceptions of the quality profession and its business
In the CQI’s recent Workforce Insight research, fewer than two in five working respondents said they felt highly valued by other teams, departments and employees in their organisations. Could the key to raising that number lie in changing the perception of quality? Quality systems and assurance professional Ryan Renard CQP MCQI makes the case.