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REV:10/26/07SCOPE:
This procedure covers internal auditing of the Trinity
Forge quality and environmental systems, as opposed to
external auditing which is performed by an independent
outside registrar.
The
Audit Manager is responsible for updating the Internal Quality Audit Schedule
at least once each year to project the internal audit
schedule out at least twenty-four months, and for
administering all internal audits per this schedule. The
Audit Manager may call for audits in addition to those
scheduled. The Audit Manager is responsible for planning
who will be involved in audit assignments for at least
three months in the future and for coordinating with the
HR Manager to ensure a diverse selection of team members
are trained and qualified. The
QA Assistant makes all audit
assignments via e-mail, with instructions from the Audit
Manager. These e-mail assignments, with replies and
forwards, provide the basic record of the internal audit
program. Where a minor deficiency is identified in an
audit it is immediately resolved by the audited manager,
no further formal resolution is required. Where an audit
identifies a minor TOP deficiency, typically a typo or an
obsolete team position title, the Audit Manager addresses
the finding by simply processing a TOP change per
TOP-TOPSM.
For other deficiencies, the Audit Manager formally
requests corrective action per TOP-CARRR.
A record of whatever action is taken is maintained as
part of the audit’s e-mail file. Preparing for Management Review
(see TOP-MREVU),
the Audit Manager is responsible for ensuring that a full
top-down audit is performed and documented as well as
preparing an overall report of the results of the
internal audit program. A copy of TOP-IAUDT
is also provided for
management review of the methodology being used for
internal auditing. Trinity Forge conducts six
different types of internal audits, all under the
oversight of the Audit Manager: Any
team member whose Team Member
Training File documents him/her as being
qualified may be called on to assist the Audit Manager by
acting in the role of Internal Auditor for an internal
audit assignment. The Audit Manager provides the
assignment that tells what is to be audited (typically a
particular TOP, a portion of the top-down audit or a
well-defined mini-audit). The team member acting as
Internal Auditor has these responsibilities:
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