VIRTUAL AUDITS (ONLINE) KLASTON MANAGEMENT
Klaston Management virtual audits. Klaston’s new Virtual Audit program will allow you to provide the direct and reliable audit services your company needs, without the additional cost or complexity of logistics fees (travel, lunch, etc…)
How do virtual audits work?
Just like an in-person audit, a Klaston virtual audit allows our experienced auditors to engage with your team through selected technology to obtain sufficient evidence to make decisions. Document review and employee interviews can be easily carried out, as can site visits and presentation of results. Klaston will work with you to identify which hardware and software elements will be most compatible with your organization and your specific audit plan.
Auditing is a systematic, independent and documented process of obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria are met.
What are the advantages?
Flexibility – instead of waiting for flight and hotel availability, Klaston auditors can visit your facilities virtually anytime, anywhere;
Reduced expenses – airfare, hotel costs, car rental, daily allowances; all of this is eliminated when using virtual audits;
Eco-friendly – reduce the carbon footprint associated with your certification due to the elimination of travel;
What is the virtual audit process like?
The Klaston professional will verify internally whether your audit is qualified to be conducted virtually. (Please note that not all types of audits can be performed virtually; this process is determined on a case-by-case basis.)
Eligible audits will be scheduled virtually and an audit plan will be developed.
The audit, including opening and closing meetings, will be conducted virtually using the chosen software.
Types of Audit:
Internal audit: Sometimes called first-party audits, they are conducted by the organization itself for management review or other internal purposes and can form the basis for an organization’s declaration of compliance. Independence can be demonstrated by the absence of responsibility in relation to the activity being audited.
Klaston has the experience to carry out all types of Audits, whether they are:
Quality, Environment, Occupational Health and Safety.
ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001, IATF 16949, CONAMA 306, RDC 16.
- ISO 9001 Internal Audits (Full or Partial)
- QMS Diagnosis – “Gap Analysis”
- Process Audits
- Product Audits
- Supplier Audits
- Legal Compliance Audits
Supplier Audits can be an excellent opportunity to evaluate your suppliers and ensure that they are complying with what was agreed. See below some of the benefits of auditing your “partner” suppliers
#1 – You will save money
The first and most obvious benefit of regularly auditing your suppliers is that it significantly reduces risk. You can:
Track your suppliers’ performance against service level agreements, identify repeat issues, and identify potential future issues before they happen and create contingency plans.
No more annual losses due to supplier failures!
#2 – You will ensure that suppliers comply with your standards.
If you don’t regularly audit your suppliers, how do you know you’re on the same page? You have a lot of requirements to meet, but are they meeting the same? How do you know they do what they promise?
Standards are changing and adapting all the time, so it is essential that you regularly audit your suppliers against relevant changes.
#3 – You will ensure continuous quality improvement
Without ongoing audits of your suppliers, it is difficult to know whether you are receiving consistent, on-time, defect-free, and standard products.
This makes your own commitment to continuous quality improvement impossible. You need a complete and comprehensive overview of your suppliers’ performance to establish best practice touchpoints for continuous quality improvement.
By regularly auditing your suppliers, you also strengthen your relationship with them. If you let your suppliers “get on with it,” you are missing out on opportunities for new partnerships, better prices, and opportunities to share knowledge.