What Is Quality Audit? Importance of Quality Auditing | ComplianceQuest

Quality audit is a verification effort intended at evaluating the degree of conformance to meet a standard specification or procedure of the product, design, process, or system. The quality audit has two components: one is the analysis of the system within which the items of product or service are brought into being and is called the quality system audit. The other one is an analysis of the items themselves, which is called product or service quality audit.

What is quality audit and quality auditing?

Quality auditing is the systematic, independent, and documented review and evaluation of an organization’s quality management system (QMS) to determine whether quality activities and results comply with a strategic arrangement that is effectively implemented and appropriate to achieve the objectives. A quality audit is typically conducted by an internal or external quality auditor or audit team at agreed time intervals, ensuring that an organization has a clearly defined system for quality monitoring. It is an essential element of the ISO 9001 quality system standard.

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