Value-added internal audits

To get the most value from your internal audit process it must be carried out in a way so as to ensure its continued ability to determine the effectiveness of the overall quality system. The quality system will always undergo change. Even as it matures, change is inevitable as a result of continuous improvement, company growth, restructuring, etc. For that reason, the internal audit process must also be a living system - consistently updated and molded to perform as the tool needed to judge the quality system effectively. It will also then meet the intention of the ISO 9001/9002 requirement of "audits... scheduled on the basis of status and importance...".