ISO 19011 2018 Released!

ISO 19011 2018 has just been released.  This standard is titled Guidelines for auditing management systems.  It is the most widely used standard for ISO management system auditors.

I have blogged about this standard before when the 2nd Edition was released back in 2011.  (See ISO 19011 2011 Edition.)  This new 3rd Edition cancels and replaces that previous release.  And it is considered a technical update.

One reason the management system standards are all being updated right now is in response to user requests for a consolidated approach to these many schemes.  With this in mind, it should be obvious that auditors will have to adjust almost every system review to accommodate the new approach.  And if your organization supports more than 1 such scheme, you’ll want to know how your reviews will be affected.

Luckily, the committee has given us a description of the main changes to the document in the Foreword.  These include

  • A risk-based approach to the principles of auditing
  • More guidance on managing the audit program
  • More guidance on conducting the audit itself (especially the audit planning section)
  • Increased generic competence requirements for auditors themselves
  • Removal of the Annex on competence requirements for specific ISO management system standards (now too many to be practical)
  • Expansion of Annex A with guidance on auditing new concepts like virtual audits, compliance and supply chains, and so on.

You may very well have internal auditors in your organization.  If so, you should consider purchasing this new edition of the ISO 19011.  It will help you set up your training material.  Certainly, it should be used for regulatory and other contractual reasons.  And it can also be useful for those of you who self-declare when exporting your products.

Get a copy of this new 2018 Edition now from Document Center Inc.  Here is the link to the order page for ISO 19011 for your convenience.  If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.  You’ll find that we not only sell standards, but we help you become a more effective user of standards.  Make us your Standards Experts!

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Claudia Bach

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