Posts Tagged ‘Quality Audit’

Why Your Business Needs a 3rd Party Audit

Audits are an essential part of any company’s management process. The audit process checks whether documents are in order, accounts for finances, and ensures that a company is compliant with certain industry standards. Usually, when a company adopts a quality assurance or quality management system (like the ISO 9001), a system-wide audit is necessary to…

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How Much Does a Workplace Accident Cost You?

Workplace injuries and accidents that cause employees to miss six or more days of work cost U.S. employers $59.9 billion in 2014, the most recent year for which statistically valid injury data are available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  How can a workplace accident affect your company? Let’s break it down by…

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Are You Auditing Your Suppliers?

Outsourcing business can be a terrific way to grow your company and save money in the process. But, if you are not auditing your suppliers, how can you be sure they are meeting your standards and accurately complying to your contract?  The lack of a supplier audit, could put your company at risk. Why audit…

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The Importance of Auditing Your Entire Quality System

A 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 an organization’s quality management system and is a key element in the ISO quality system standard, ISO 9001. Auditing is a means of…

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