Internal Quality Auditing - Meeting the Challenge of 9000:2000
Internal Quality Auditing provides an in-depth overview of auditing, with a special focus on auditing skills for ISO 9000:2000. Author William A. Stimson has put together perhaps the most comprehensive auditing handbook available. This book provides keen insight into what to audit for and how to be an effective and efficient auditor. With William A. Stimsons help youll learn to:
Understand the entire audit process. Make the most of pre-audits. Have effective opening meetings. Utilize different audit techniques. Have meaningful closing meetings. Keep the momentum going after the audit. Use ISO 9000 as an improvement process. Utilize continual improvement techniques. Audit management responsibility.And much more!Author William A. Stimson, Ph.D., is a certified quality auditor and consultant in ISO 9000 requirements, statistical process control, and quality management. He has more than 30 years experience in industry, 20 of them as an engineer and manager. This experience includes the design and development of automatic control systems for spacecraft and for industrial applications, and project and functional management of test and evaluation groups. In addition, Stimson spent 10 years as a lead auditor with the U.S. Navy responsible for the qualification of defense contractors and shipyards under MIL-Q-9858.