Provide the methods and techniques you use to ensure continuous monitoring and development of the quality audit systems.

Audit team or internal auditor or external auditor  systematically check quality of services or products  and this called  quality  audit system. Quality management system  of  any organization  is very important as  it is a key element in the ISO quality standard.

Quality audits are normally  carried out  on a set time periods and  it makes certain that the organization has apparently formulated system monitoring  measures connected with  effective action plan. This will pave the way  to resolve  in the event  company  conform  with the  distinctive quality systems in order to  results oriented  assessment standards.

Since 1994  with the advancement of the ISO9000  standards  audits has changed  from procedural  system  to measurement of the actual  efficiency and effectiveness of the quality management system  ( referred to as QMS ) . Accordingly  noticeable   results have been  achieved  with the implementation of   QMS.

In order to eliminate or reducing    problematic areas audits are an indispensable management tool to be practiced for authenticating objective evidences of processes.  Quality auditing must not only report  non conformances and remedial actions  but also  show up area of  proper practices for the benefit of the company or organization. As a result  in this manner  departments  can share information and  change their working practices  in order to contribute continuous development.

Quality Audits may be a  regulatory requirement  and integral part to comply with. As an example  Food and Drug Administration of United State of America  which requires  quality auditing  as a  part of its  quality System Regulation   for medical devices. (QSR) In countries like New Zealand, Australia, Sweden, Finland, Norway and United States of America  have adopted  quality audits in  higher education systems.

Even for safety purposes  audits can be  practiced. Auditing is one of the most powerful  safety monitoring technique and it is an effective way to keep away from  self-satisfaction  and  draw attention on  weakening  conditions of quality.

Auditing manly focuses on the efficiency and its implementation. There are softwares and self assessment tools  which  can be used for   the processes and tasks that a quality audit involves can be managed.

In United Kingdom the process of quality audit  in the education system focused mainly on  procedural issues  rather  than on the  efficiency of education system and its implementation.  Quality cost or cost of poor quality in analyzing quality cost,  a cost of quality audit can be applied across any company or service organization  rather than conventional  products.