Auditing :: Quality Quest

Auditing Credentials

Our consultants experience in auditing and assessing integrated, quality management systems in large international manufacturing companies includes: -

Over 600 audits in 20 countries of Quality Management Systems to ISO.9000 series standards, including the 1979 (BS.5750), 1987, 1994 versions and ISO.9001:2000, QS.9000, TL 9000 and ISO.17025.
Over 100 assessments to integrated Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety Management Systems, including ISO.14001, EMAS, OHSAS.18001, BS.8800, ISA.2000, Responsible Care, HS (G) 65, OSHA and HACCP.
Over 60 audits in large pharmaceutical and bio-chemical manufacturing companies to cGMP and GLP product quality requirements, including PS.9100 for pharmaceutical excipients, PS.9000 for pharmaceutical packaging, ISO.13485 for medical devices and ICH Q7A for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, API.
Over 50 gap analyses and assessments in the UK and US for Malcolm Baldrige (US), EFQM Business Excellence Awards, and prior to implementing Six Sigma and Balanced Scorecard Quality Improvement Programmes.
Several audits and assessments of international food processors using HACCP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point protocol and ISO.22000 Food Safety Management System.

All these audits are comprehensively documented with emphasis on a list of findings and a detailed series of recommended actions to improve compliance to the requirements of the standard as well as suggestions for improvement of quality critical business processes.

During the last 25 years, we have trained thousands of delegates from international client companies in professional auditing techniques, with emphasis on auditing for improvement as well as compliance.

In recent years Quality Quest have developed and carried out training workshops to assist clients to assess the effectiveness of quality critical business processes. All our Auditing Seminars are run in-house and tailored to satisfy the client's quality and business objectives to ensure that the internal audit process adds value and avoids bureaucracy.