How to Audit ISO 9001

ISO 9001:2015 includes many changes that not only affect the companies aiming to achieve certification to it, but also auditors. This book is the resource auditors need to fully understand ISO 9001:2015 and help them perform audits to it.

This book integrates two different types of audit strategies, conformance audits and performance audits, into one process approach audit. Conformance audits confirm that the organization is meeting the requirements of the standard, while performance audits confirm that the QMS is achieving its intended results.

The book includes:

-An introduction to ISO 9001:2015
-An auditing strategy for ISO 9001:2015
-How to conduct a Stage 1 audit for ISO 9001:2015
-How to conduct a Stage 2 on-site audit for ISO 9001:2015
Appendices include an introduction to process focus, an assessment report template for Stage 1 audits, a confidential assessment report template for Stage 2 audits, and an ISO 9001:2015 conformance checklist.

Chad Kymal is the CTO and founder of Omnex Inc., an international consulting and training organization headquartered in the United States. After graduating from the General Motors Institute (GMI), he spent a number of years working at General Motors and KPMG before founding Omnex Inc. in 1986. Over the course of Kymal s successful career, he has served on the Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners and has received numerous quality achievement awards, including the Quality Professional of the Year award by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Automotive Division in 2005. In addition to his bachelor s degree from GMI, he holds both a master s degree in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He both developed and teaches auditor training for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001/ISO 45001, as well as an Integrated Management Systems Lead Auditor training course where all three standards are combined in a single audit. Kymal is also the founder of AQSR, a global registrar that routinely provided integrated audits in QMS, EMS, and OHSMS. He is the author of six books and more than 100 papers, including several on auditing and integrated management systems.