A lucky number for us - because we hit the nerve of the economy with this topic.
13th IMS Breakfast: A lucky number for us - because with the topic "ISO 19011:2018 - updated guidelines for auditing management systems" , we struck a chord with the business community and set a new attendance record at the IMS Breakfast with 40 participants. Every certified company has to carry out internal and external audits, which can quickly add up to 15 or more audits per year. How does the new guideline help to organize audits efficiently and, above all, to audit special and new requirements for management systems? Which results and aspects should be taken into account when auditing the implementation of "leadership and commitment" of the management? How can I use an audit to assess whether the topic of "legal compliance" is being practiced at all levels of the company or whether there is "risk and opportunity awareness"? Managing directors, management representatives, auditors, lecturers and students of "Integrated Management Systems"/"Integrated Management" discussed these exciting questions both from the perspective of internal audits and from the perspective of "What can we expect when the external certifier comes to us?" Silke Schäfer, Lead Auditor at TÜV Rheinland Cert, was on hand to share her wealth of experience.
The contributions from the "Did you know?" category were also very interesting. Did you know that we have carried out internal audits as part of our environmental management system and risk assessments with the students on our Master's degree courses at our university and are responsible for internal energy audits via a cooperation agreement with Stadtwerke Zittau GmbH? Georg Schwertner from TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH presented the brand new training products to become a representative and auditor for integrated management systems. And you can even study integrated management systems at our university.
The event was recorded to make the information available to other students. We would like to thank the ZfL, Mr. Andreas Sommer, for his support.