How to Prepare for Effective Surveillance or Re-certification Audits Standard: ISO 9001:2008
There are three sections to this document:
I Introduction
II Core requirements
III Forms
IV Explanations
V Examples of completed forms
I Introduction:
The following pages contain some basic information and forms to help an organization prepare for an effective surveillance or re-certification audit. The organization is encouraged to use this information to its own betterment. This document addresses those requirements that most certification bodies assess as part of each audit activity. Use of the information contained in this document is optional but strongly encouraged.
NOTE: An “Effective” audit activity is one where the auditor can spend the maximum amount of time analyzing information and minimal time searching for information.