Summary:

This interactive workshop covers all elements of ISO 9001 or ISO/TS 16949, including changes to the new editions where applicable.

Attendees at this auditing workshop learn through examples, through hands-on experience, and through role playing to emphasize the basic tenets of the standard as well as how to effectively audit to this standard.

This course can also be offered as part of the Plexus certified training required by some customers, and tie in with other disciplines such as those required by the automotive industry (PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, APQP)

Attendees:

This course is useful for anyone who is interested in becoming an auditor for their company, who wants to thoroughly review the ISO or TS standard, or who wants to understand what they will be audited to by an external registrar or supplier. Manufacturing, administrative, engineering, maintenance, and managerial personnel have all taken the course previously and done well with the course material.

Internal Quality Auditing Topics

Background and History of the Standards

Each element reviewed in detail

Auditing Techniques

Audit Mechanics

Post audit - What Now?

Course Materials:

Course material includes fully annotated presentation material, to allow the attendees to focus on what is being taught rather than on taking ‘good notes’. A licensed copy of the relevant standard is also provided, so that each attendee can annotate their standard as the course progresses.

Workshop Methods:

In addition to ‘classroom instruction’, the course relies heavily on examples from industry that the class is asked to discuss and make determinations on. Our instructors are external (registrar) auditors, Plexus certified instructors, and they draw on their deep and varied experiences to provide many real-life examples of both effective and ineffective auditing techniques.

Finally, attendees are given examples to judge themselves. Each attendee is walked through an audit scenario and asked to determine what element of the standard is being examined, and whether the scenario conforms to that element. Previous course attendees have stated that this exercise was the single most useful exercise in the course to help them increase in both understanding and implementation of the standard.

Duration:

2.5 days for ISO 9001:2000; 3 days for experienced auditors for ISO/TS; and 4 days for new ISO/TS auditors.

Currently Scheduled Offerings:

ISO/TS 16949 Internal Auditor Training - Austin, Texas - 2 days (7/25/07 - 7/26/07)

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