Transcript ISO Auditing Consortium overview

ISO Auditing Consortium
IAC
Cindy Beach
08/11/2011
Mission
The ISO Auditing Consortium (IAC) is an organization of:
(1) individuals who participate in audits of requesting
organizations to meet audit experience requirements
to achieve or maintain the status of Assessor of
Quality Management Systems, as well as,
(2) individuals with related audit or Quality Management
interests.
Types of Audits Performed
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Full or partial system audits
 May substitute for “internal audits”
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Independent assessments
Pre-assessments (Gap Analysis)
Supplier audits
Standards of IAC Audits
Audits to recognized ISO standards
including but not limited to :
 ISO9001:2008
 QS9000, TS 16949
 AS9100
 ISO 17025, ISO 13485
 ISO 14001
Audit Duration
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Depends on size of site/company
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Typical audit: two auditors for two days
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Lead assessor must “lead an audit
team” to receive credit for audit
Audit Locations
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Centered in Huntsville, AL region
Audits completed in:
 Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia,
Indiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania &
Tennessee
 International: Mexico & Canada
Members
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30 current members
15 regularly attend; active as IAC auditors
No dues are required for membership.
>80% of IAC are ASQ members
>80% hold Quality positions in local firms
<20% employed by registrars or consultants
• May NOT solicit pre-, mid- or post-audit of IAC
Member Status
Regular:
An individual seeking to achieve or maintain the status of a Registered Assessor or
Lead Assessor of Quality Management Systems and meets one of the following
criteria:
– Is an ASQ Certified Quality Auditor with intent to successfully complete a recognized
Registered Lead Assessor course,
– Has successfully completed a recognized Registered Lead Assessor course, OR
– Is a Registered Lead Assessor, Assessor or Provisional Assessor.
Senior
An individual who has conducted audits for the IAC and no longer maintains the
status of Assessor of Quality Management Systems, but who wishes to continue
participation in and contribute to the organization.
Non-Auditing
An individual not seeking to achieve or maintain auditor certification who wishes to
participate in the organization to learn about ISO 9000 and the auditing process
and to contribute lessons learned.
IAC Member Applications
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May join IAC as a Regular Member with
minimum of CQA
Encouraged to complete a recognized ISO
9000 Lead Assessor Course
Encouraged to pursue certification as:
 Provisional Auditor, Auditor or Lead Auditor
Auditor Accreditation
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RABQSA – Sydney, Milwaukee, Tokyo, etc.
IRCA – London-based
Auditors must:
 Maintain accurate audit log
 Recertify every three (3) years
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Maintain continuing educational and audit days
IAC Member Company
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A company represented in the IAC by one
or more individual members.
 Companies requesting an IAC audit are not
required to be Member companies.
Costs to Requesting and
Member Companies
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Auditor compensation – None allowed
Auditor Expenses
 Travel only: meals, mileage, & lodging (if applicable)
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IAC is compensated by company support:
 allowing audits of the member company,
 allowing employees to attend monthly meetings &
 participate in audits usually on company time.
Benefits of Participation
Member Company Benefits:
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Internal/external audit program cost
reductions
Unbiased & professional audit team
Availability of audit team members
Reduced registration costs
Benchmarking opportunities
Individual Member Benefits
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Reduced time to meet RLA requirements
Network with highly qualified professionals
Access to members experience/knowledge
Exposure to new industry/business types
Improvement of audit skills and knowledge
Number of System Audits
performed
Year # Audits
2000 22
2001 20
2002 12
2003 17
2004 15
2005 18
2006 15
2007 22
2008 18
2009 16
2010 12
2011
6
Satisfaction Survey Results
Rating Scale: 1 (unsatisfied) - 5 (very satisfied)
Overall Service
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Met audit needs
Adequate Schedule
Audit Completeness
Audit Quality
Auditors
Knowledge of Standard
Knowledge of Auditing
Professionalism
Cooperation / preparedness
40% response by auditee
Average response ~4.5
Outliers
By-Laws and Elected Officers
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Chair
Vice Chair
Audit Manager
Records Manager
Current IAC Board Contact Information
Chair
Wyndie Meyer
Vice Chair
Linda Feres
Records Manager
Jim Rutledge
Audit Manager
Cindy Beach
256-468-8679
[email protected]
256-922-9300 ext 114
[email protected]
256-890-8157
[email protected]
256-851-0484
[email protected]
Web Information
Websites:
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Section posting IAC link on ASQ-hosted site http://www.asq.org/sections/mini-sites/1503/
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Yahoo group
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http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2662756/
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Facebook: IAC
Meetings
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Scheduled monthly - set time and location
 2nd Thursdays – 1-3 PM
 BAE Systems, 310 Voyager Way, Huntsville, AL
 Call-in number is available for convenience
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Discuss audit schedule and auditing issues
Feature guest speakers (as available)
Provide training sessions on Standards
Attendance accepted for ASQ re-certification