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A PUBLICATION OF KAVON INTERNATIONAL, INC.

“Speaking Out”

November 2001

John Novak

John Novak is the President and a Trusted Advisor at KAVON International, Inc., a business consultancy that helps clients create Value in order to attain and sustain a Competitive Advantage in the markets they serve.

John earned his Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Manufacturing Technology from Bowling Green State University and his MBA from Kent State University. He is also Certified as a Lean/Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Quality Auditor. John also serves as adjunct faculty at Kent State University.

John has spent time working in both the manufacturing and consulting industries.

Post Registration Maintenance

Do You Need Help With Your Internal Audits?

(Number 1 In A Series)

By John Novak

An impeccable internal auditing program is critical to maintaining the integrity of a Quality or Environmental Management System. It is the glue that keeps to whole system together year after year and ensures readiness when the registrar returns for surveillance audits. Due to human resource constraints, some companies may find it difficult to maintain the independence requirement or to simply find the time to complete all of the audits in a timely manner. This does not remove the auditing requirement.

A comprehensive internal auditing program will find existing and potential problems early in the process before they cause a major disruption of operations. It also affords you the opportunity to eliminate the problem and improve your system, which results in higher levels of customer satisfaction and fewer nonconformances during a surveillance audit.

KAVON can help you meet this requirement by bringing experienced auditors on-site to conduct the internal audits. This can be done on a monthly, quarterly or semi-annual basis. Our auditors can also serve as your audit administrator and schedule the audits, review the results, and present the results at your management review meetings.


KAVON International, Inc. is a business consultancy that helps clients create Value in order to attain and sustain a Competitive Advantage in the markets they serve. If your company is seeking registration or compliance to any of the Quality Management System standards such as ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, AS9100, ISO 17025, ISO 14001, or ISO 13485, or wants to establish a continual improvement program using Lean Six Sigma methodologies, give us a call and let one of our Trusted Advisors help you with implementation and training.


Other Articles In Series:

Series #
  Topic
1
  Do You Need Help With Your Internal Audits?
2
  Is Your Training Program Keeping Your Employees Competitive?
3
  Corrective & Preventive Action Programs: Is Yours Solving Problems?
4
  Management Review Meetings: WHY?
5
  Document Control: Are Your Documents Up-To-Date?


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