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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.
Breaking down language barriers
Quality Engineer Benjamin Clifford, who works for DISCO Corporation in Japan, was a finalist in the Emerging Talent category at this year’s CQI International Quality Awards. Here, he explains his journey into auditing, and how a multi-lingual auditing programme is improving standards in his organisation.
Cognitive bias and its impact on outsourcing
Cognitive biases can have a serious impact on supply chain management when it comes to outsourcing vendors. Krishnan Lakshminarayanan CQP MCQI, a Lead Auditor and Senior Manager at William Hare in India, examines some common examples and looks at how they can be avoided.
Performing remote audits
Ana Mariano, Management System Consultant at Rosehall Management Consultants, Philippines, explains the benefits of remote audits and the skills required to execute them correctly.
ISO 45001:2018
Roland Tan, IRCA Lead/Principal Auditor, explores the importance of the world’s first occupational health and safety management system
A joint effort for the environment
Environmental auditing is not a one man, or woman, job. Nigel Leehane, Chair of the ISO sub-committee on Environmental Auditing, speaks to Alicia Dimas about the sub-committee work and how it liaises with the CQI to guide organisations to achieve their environmental goals
The important change to ISO 9001’s clause on organisational knowledge
IRCA Principal Auditor Ramanie Pathirage Chandraratne reveals why the new standard requires auditors to act now in order to improve their understanding.
Best of the CQI eLibrary: ISO 14001 and environmental auditing
With the launch of ISO 14001:2015, auditors need to develop their understanding of the environmental standard. We highlight five top articles on EMS auditing.