My Reading on ASQ CQA HB Part I-IA~IE-s

Part IB
IB2. Benefits Of Audits
The benefits of an audit are numerous. Audits can verify ongoing conformance to requirements
and promote improvement of the organization’s effectiveness and efficiency. Management can
utilize the objective data to make informed decisions regarding the achievement of organization
objectives. Auditing benefits include:
• Verification of conformance to requirements such as:
(a) a management system,
(b) regulatory and
(c) contractual
• Identification of risks and monitoring of risk treatments
• Identification of opportunities for improvement
• Verification that projects were implemented according to plan
• Determination of readiness of new products and processes
• Verification of system effectiveness
• Identification of inefficiencies and ineffective controls
• Verification of corrective actions and their effectiveness
• Identification and reporting of best practices
• Advancing the achievement of organization objectives
Auditors have a broad perspective of an organization and analyze evidence reported to
management. Management can use this information to evaluate the organization and implement
measures necessary to meet its objectives.
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