AENOR helps to manage the audit process of organisations in order to carry them out remotely, guaranteeing confidence in the systems, as well as the quality and adequacy of the processes. This article offers ten keys for organisations to successfully carry out a remote audit.
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In the face of difficult situations, it is essential to find feasible solutions. Streamlining auditing procedures and being able to continue carrying out our work in a way that verifies the implementation of management systems in optimal conditions of reliability, not only promotes confidence in the systems, but also in the quality and adequacy of the procedures.
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Certification is recognition of teamwork, and of the efforts made by organisations and companies... It is the well-earned reward for companies who decide to start their path towards certification and improve their organisational processes and competitive capacity.
These are the steps needed to be certified:
REQUEST A QUOTE FROM AENOR
Provide us with some basic data so we can send you a customised offer without commitment. It will only take a minute to complete.
ACCEPTING AN OFFER
If you agree with the offer submitted by AENOR, you must fill in the "Accepting the Offer" annex. This will start the certification process.
APPOINTING AN AUDIT TEAM AND PLANNING THE AUDIT
AENOR will tell you the name of the Technical Manager responsible for your certification. The Technical Manager will then appoint an audit team. The audit team will contact you to plan the audit.
AUDIT
When the agreed date arrives, the audit team will visit your offices to assess your strong points, as well as any areas of non-compliance or divergence. Our experts will use this analysis to determine the scope of the audit in order to "refine" how the management system is applied and to establish the requirements of the assessment.
On the last day of the audit, the audit team will draw up an Audit Report, which will be read to you in a final meeting.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
The organisation will have a period of 30 days in which to submit a Corrective Measures Plan in order to address any areas of non-compliance detected during the audit that are included in the Report.
GRANTING AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS
If the audit team considers that suitable corrective measures have been applied, it will issue a proposal to grant a certificate. If not, it will ask the organisation to draw up a Corrective Measures Plan review. The auditor will submit its decision to the Assessment and Decision Team, which will issue a final decision. Once permission has been obtained to grant a certificate, it will be issued and sent to the organisation in conjunction with a licence to use the AENOR mark, at which point it will be possible to use the certification mark in factories and on delivery notes, websites, etc.
EXTRAORDINARY AUDIT (in some cases)
It may be possible to perform an extraordinary audit before a decision not to grant a certificate is issued (only when necessary).
ANNUAL MONITORING PROCESS
The company must perform internal audits at planned intervals in order to provide information on the management system, maintenance thereof and opportunities to improve it.
AENOR's experts will conduct an audit on annually to check that the system implemented complies with applicable regulations and to help the company detect any potential areas of non-compliance.
RENEWAL
Renewal audits are generally performed every three years in order to assess requirements in greater depth than in the annual audit.
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