13th IMS breakfast
A lucky number for us - because we hit the nerve of the economy with this topic.
13th IMS Breakfast: For us, this is a lucky number—because with the topic “ISO 19011:2018—Updated Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems,” we struck a chord with the business community and set a record attendance of 40 participants at the IMS Breakfast. Every certified company must conduct 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 specific and new requirements for management systems? What results and aspects should be considered when auditing the implementation of “leadership and commitment” by management? How can I use an audit to assess whether the principle of “legal compliance” is being practiced at all levels of the organization or whether there is “awareness of risks and opportunities”? Managing directors, management representatives, auditors, instructors, and students of “integrated management systems”/“Integrated management” discussed these fascinating questions both from the perspective of internal audits and from the standpoint of “What can we expect when the external certifier visits us?” Silke Schäfer, lead auditor at TÜV Rheinland Cert, shared her wealth of experience on this topic.
The contributions from the “Did You Know?” category were also very interesting once again. Did you know that, together with students in our Master's degree programmes at our university, we have conducted internal audits as part of our environmental management system as well as risk assessments, and that, through a cooperation agreement with Stadtwerke Zittau GmbH, we are responsible for the internal energy audits? Georg Schwertner from TÜV Rheinland Akademie GmbH presented the brand-new training programs for officers and auditors of integrated management systems. And at our university, you can even study integrated management systems.