Reasons To NOT Address Compliance In Internal Audits
The question becomes: Who can review and who can approve (yes, it can be one person who does both) new and changed procedures (systems included). And the answer is not always simple in larger companies. But again to cite the famed document pyramid, in larger companies there are layers and functional areas which address issues they are responsible for. There are supposed to be suitable reviews and approvals.
The bottom line is no procedure, new or changed, should change compliance to standards, customer requirements or other such requirements such as legal, federal, state and local regulations. If this is not the case, your document control system, and probably other systems (e.g. Design) is (are) not compliant.
ISO 19011 - Quality and Environmental Management Systems Auditing Forum Discussions
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