How to conduct scope audit of manufacturing unit
Scope is prime part of internal management system that conduct processes, activities and documentation accordingly.
Internal management system is structure that helps to manufacturing processes, manufacturing supporting processes, management of machinery and equipment, manpower and administrative monitoring and controls are managed and provides structural guidelines and documentations for easier for managing each activities, processes and resources to producing quality materials as per standards and customer technical and specific requirements. The internal management system is managed accordingly scope that determine limits or a areas of implementation of internal management system, where products and services, areas defined accordingly and management is handle as per its scope, the internal audit and external audit is also conducted to considering scope of internal management system that needs to certify.
The management is defined scope of internal management system to conducting processes and activities which are needs to implement, management can exclude any part of the company which are not considered in the scope that is important for the internal management system to understand what is the scope of system, and management had included all the parts that managed internal management system should considered in scope which should be properly system managed and implement accordingly standards and its requirements. The documentation for scope of internal management system are managed and update accordingly, the audit for scope are conducted by internal as well as external auditors to considering requirements of standards and management had defined areas of scope, see picture below given as example format of scope audit checklist which covered general audit requirements concern scope of internal management system, see picture below is for education purpose:
Scope of audit checklist is format used in internal management system audit by internal auditors, internal audits are conducted according to scope of internal management system which defined by management for bounding requirements of systems and activities and processes that needs to involve in system. Management is responsible for define scope of internal management system and management representative is responsible for conducting scope and define all levels and documentations for internal management system, and management representative is also responsible for selection of qualified auditors to conduct scope audit of internal management system. In the internal management system scope audit is conducted to managing checklist, see some basic points are used in checklist are as below:
- How Does Company aim to enhance customer satisfaction? And how the scope is merged?
- How does company consistently provide products & services that meet customer & applicable regulatory requirements?
- What is the scope of certification? Have there been any changes made?
- Are there any exclusions of certification? How are theses justified?
- What document describes scope & exclusions?
- Does the company manuals & standard system certificate match for scope and description?
- What previously added in the scope? Name of area, processes or unit for certification
The documentation of scope audit is handled by qualified internal auditors, and all the raised non conformance are conducted by management representative in case raised during internal audit concern scope of internal management system. The records are handled and storage at management representative office.
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Scope audit checklist
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