Internal Audit is the Building Blocks of Strong QMS

Organizations uses Internal Audit as a strategic tool that helps to evaluate process effectiveness and alignment with the international standard. It is the tool that checks health of the Quality Management System (QMS) and identifies gap in the management system and uses the gap as an opportunity to drive continual improvement.
At Kadmar Consultants, we work with organizations across Canada and the United States to build a robust internal audit program that drives continual improvement culture.

Ineffective Internal Audit Program

Many organizations internal audit plan does not aligns with the international standard requirement , rather than aligning their audit plans with international standards. Audit plan are lacking leadership guidance and support. Organization are now facing these challenges and are unable to drive improvements.

Audit challenges Faced Globally

Most of the organizations around the globe are facing lack of leadership support and poor training culture and that is driving incompetent internal auditors and poor audit culture. It has become more paper requirement than practical use. Some organizations are still working in functional structure than process approach. All the challenges lead to repeat nonconformities in third party audits.
Our mission is to have organization use the standard as a continual improvement tool and use internal audits as a strategic improvement tool to drive operational excellence.

Audit Services Kadmar Provides

Full-System Internal Audits

We provide full system audit plan to organizations over the 3 years cycle and is tailored to your need. We defined plan based on the risk assessment approach that drives the frequency and critical areas of the Quality Management System. Our audits are strategically approach in driving continual improvements and help organizations achieve operational excellence.

Deliverables include:

A review of system current state and define the audit program accordingly. Provide competent resource to conduct the audit and provide comprehensive audit report. Objective evidence and risk findings are the key factors that will drive system improvement. We can also provide guidance on Root-cause and corrective action.

Process-Based Internal Audits

We perform process-based approach that aligns all the processes of the organizations along with the scope of the organizations and interaction between the process. We link your KPIs, inputs, outputs, and controls to identify real improvement opportunities.

Supplier and Remote Audits

We provide extended support of developing and maintaining supply chain and supplier base for the OEMs and Tier 1 Suppliers. We verify supplier conformance with the standard and CSR while developing supplier through our excellence program.

Readiness Audits

We perform your Quality Management System health check before your certification body does to validate system performance as per requirement.

Why Choose Kadmar Consultants for Internal Audits

Organizations are facing repeat major and minor nonconformances and don’t have the right corrective action in place. Audits are time consuming and expertise are needed apart from internal resource to deep dive into each process with high technical knowledge. High knowledge of the standard requirement is needed along with the CSRs integration into the processes. Kadmar is answer for all these concerns and with our expert team we can provide you the right help.

Industries We Serve

Manufacturing Organizations, Automotive (Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 suppliers), Metal forming and plastics, Molding, Casting, Electronics and assembly.

Case Example — From Nonconformance to Compliance

A Tier 1 manufacturer in Canada faced high audit nonconformances, high 3^rd Party Cost and Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) due to repeat issues, poor corrective actions and weak internal audit process.

We provided consultancy and the full internal audit services.

Results:

No Major finding in the recertification audit.

Minor findings dropped from 5 to 2.

CoPQ came down from 3% to .25%.

Improved customer satisfaction scores.

Our Service Regions

Kadmar Consultants are in Canada, but we serve both Canada and America- All the regions in Canada and America are covered

Frequently Asked Questions

• How often are internal audits conducted?
• Internal audits are conducted once a year at least but we recommend a risk-based audit schedule to focus on high-risk processes more frequently.
• Do you provide audit services to suppliers too?
• Yes — We work with you suppliers and help them build a strong system that aligns to your organizations need.
• Are Kadmar’s auditors certified?
• Absolutely. All our auditors are IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 qualified with extensive industry experience.

Build a Stronger Audit Program with Kadmar Consultants

We work with you to build a robust Internal audit system for your organization that will drive continual improvement changes. Remember your audit is your first line of defense.

Kadmar Consultants help you find real issues before your certifying body does. Contact Kadmar Consultants today to schedule your next internal audit.