Been doing process based audits for years now Sam, initially didn’t realise that’s what we were doing.
Happy to talk, Ian

Yes we do both clause based compliance audits and process audits. Depends what you are trying to achieve?
In my view you need both but the numbers depends on the perceived risk
Happy to discuss further

Nigel

Hi Sam, we do process based audits and this can be done in different ways depending on the maturity of your QMS. Clause based audit is useful when your team is new to the ISO requirements but as the processes become more established and mature the focus on each clause will need to be adapted to your local needs to make it beneficial. Happy to…Read more

It would be great to catch up with you, Sam, about your experience of ISO9001 if you’re not opposed to a call?

I think process based audits are necessary in addition to clause based. Processes must be well defined and some sort of non conformance record and resolution record system needs to be in place. This will enable the audit to be more effective.

Hello Sam. In my previous work, when we designed and build the QMS for the previous organisation, we linked the clauses to the processes so when it came to internal audits, these were clause based but still linked to the organization’s processes. I gather it depends on what you are looking to achieve. One of the ISO clauses look at context of the…Read more