Audit Meetings Archives

Raising non-conformities

by Dominic Parry | Jan 12, 2023

Many auditors audit by going into areas, finding things that they don’t like and then announcing their non-conformities at a closing meeting at the end of the audit. This is somewhat of an old-fashioned way of auditing and whilst it may be the way audits have...

Auditing – Opening and closing meetings – How to do them professionally

by Dominic Parry | Sep 6, 2022

No matter what type of audit you are involved in it is essential that it starts and finishes well. Opening and closing meetings offer the forum to do this. A well run and professional opening meeting sets the scene for the audit and, if done well, creates a great...

Basic audit findings and EU GMP clauses

by Dominic Parry | Aug 31, 2022

When you are auditing you will often find non-conformities. These occur when the department, process or organisation that you are auditing is not following a requirement of the standard that you are auditing against. For many of you who perform audits in the...

Auditing closing meeting template

by Dominic Parry | Feb 25, 2014

Here is a free template for things that you should include in an auditing closing meeting. Thank the auditees for their time Thank them for allowing you to audit them Remind the auditees of the reason for the audit Remind the auditees of the standard that you...

Good auditing techniques

by Dominic Parry | Oct 25, 2012

When people talk about good auditing technique it is easy to immediately start covering how to ask questions, how to deal with people and how to make notes. Whilst this is all true, it is easy to forget that there are 4 stages to the audit process and good auditing...