Internal Audit is the Building Blocks of Strong QMSOrganizations 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.
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.
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 3rd 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
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.
Employees are the most important asset of any organization because, ultimately, they serve as the pillars that keep the organization strong and running smoothly. The more you train your employees the more the organization grows and induces synergy in the system. Audit effectiveness depends on the leader and auditor driving the standard and changes. A competent internal auditor can not only help in getting certification easily but can build operation excellence through the standard.
An internal auditor competency depends on its training. Internal Auditor Training is a mandate requirement for ISO 9001: 2015 and IATF 16949 to show competency and is no longer an option to skip.
Our Expertise
At Kadmar Consultants, we build teams of competent internal auditors that does not only comply by standard requirement but strive achieve the intend of the standard to build competitive advantages over the other competitors. Competent internal Auditor are problem solver, cross functional decision maker, are more risk-based thinker.
Our programs are designed for manufacturers, automotive suppliers, and OEM teams across Canada and the United States.
The Challenge: Untrained or Inexperienced Auditors
As explained earlier internal resource are the asset and defines the future of the organization. Organizations depend on the internal staff with the Quality Management System implementation and maintenance but if the internal resource is not properly trained against the standard requirement and intend the audit will be only policing, the more non-conformance the better the audit for auditor and the leader will take non-conformances as punishment. Process audit will lose it value and corrective action process will be weak. Certification Bodies will find major Non-conformances during the certification or recertification or surveillance audits.
Our training eliminates these risks by building real auditing skills based on industry experience and case-driven learning.
We teach the history and emergence of Quality Management System first before even going into the Internal Auditor training phase. From history you learn and imply what is beneficial for your organization. Then our model leads into fundamentals of quality management, auditing principles, and process-based approaches.
Course Highlights:
Build on the same Quality Management Principles but focuses on automotive sectors around the world. The requirements are stricter for IATF 16949 than ISO 9001:2015 itself. It is mandatory for internal auditors to get training of the standard and process to grow and let the organization grow with it.
Course Highlights:
We understand the need of refresher courses, and everyone needs the guidance based on the changes to the system and standard. We have designed training courses for experienced auditors who need to refresh or upgrade skills for the latest IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015 changes aligning with ISO 19011 Guidelines.
On-Site & Virtual Training Options
We provide both on-site and remote auditor training programs to suit your team’s schedule and needs. Each participant receives a certificate of completion.
Who Should Attend
Quality Managers and Engineers, Internal Auditors, Supplier Quality Professionals, Process Owners, Management Representatives.
Frequently Asked Questions
Kadmar Consultants specialize in simplifying certification. Our experts provide:
Take the First Step Today
If you’re preparing for IATF 16949 certification, don’t go in blind. We build businesses and help them grow. We make sure Quality Management System is embedded in the organization that helps operational excellence. IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015 is not just a paper document but a living standard.