audit software Articles
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Process audit: from compliance to self-management
In the past decade we have seen phenomenal improvements in the New Product and Service Introduction processes (NPSI). Applications of tools and methods, and use of process and quality management approaches have enabled companies to reduce continuously their cycle time, introduce products faster, cheaper, with higher quality, and better satisfy market needs. Among the enabling technologies, audits ...
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Audit Management Software: Become a Compliance Superhero
Audit management software has revolutionized the environmental, health and safety industry, empowering safety professionals, like you, to spend less time with documentation efforts. Adopting an audit software will demonstrate to your organization that your top priority is ensuring key business goals such as sustainability, ethics, and compliance remain intact every day. And that is worthy of ...
By EHS Insight
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What is Audit Management Software and How is it Useful?
The world as we know is becoming data and technology-driven increasingly. While no business or industry is spared from the rising complexity in regulations and processes; the need to make smart and insights-rich decisions is crucial for the growth of companies. And this is exactly where – an audit automation software, also popularly known as audit management software, makes a difference. ...
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Most Simple & Versatile Audit Management Software
Intelligence to leverage process synergies, flexible to meet any business need- in any industry on-the-go Embed Precise Process Organisations- big and small face an acute need to deftly navigate through the complexity of regulations, standards and risks. Automating an entire audit lifecycle in one centralised system with effective audit management solution ECAT – is a masterstroke. ...
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8 Effective Steps to Perform an Internal Audit Successfully
Many organizations still consider the process of internal audit as an unnecessary activity without realizing the strength it gives to the foundation of the organization. Internal audits help organizations to ensure that their business processes and product quality is consistent, allowing them to identify the loopholes and transform them into improvement opportunities. The process basically ...
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The Role of software in your Quality Management effort
Implementing a quality management system (QMS) is a complex process with many integrated parts. Document control is one of the major challenges of any quality management system. Manual systems are time consuming and labor intensive. Quality management software can play an important role by automating the system to make it more accessible and user-friendly. Design and Formatting QMS software can ...
By QAD Inc.
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To integrate, or not to integrate... Part 3
For a company over-anxious to reconcile EHS and Quality processes and data, some complications may emerge. For example, some integrated management opponents argue that strict adherence to one specific set of standards can be sacrificed in the name of integration. That is, in defining a broad-base of widely applicable standards to enforce across all EHS and Quality domains, some details are ...
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EHS Compliance audit planning: tips for success
Drawing on her extensive experience in auditing sites across many different industries and jurisdictions our Expert Services Manager, Sarah Toussaint, provides her key tips for making EHS compliance audits a success. Question: What makes a successful compliance audit? Answer: Meticulous planning. The success of an EHS compliance audit is dependent on ensuring it is properly planned to have ...
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Integrating water distribution system efficiency into the water conservation strategy for California: a Los Angeles perspective
Improving water management in California requires a transition from imported to local water resources used efficiently. To assess this transitional capacity of water retailers in metropolitan Los Angeles County, we focused on a key water management metric: the water distribution efficiency. We traced the evolution of water loss reduction policy and practices globally with emphasis on ...
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Guide to buying COTS software - How to audit and evaluate vendors
Abstract: When the internet was not as ubiquitous as it is today, Life Sciences Companies maintained documents manually. Submitting truckloads of paper records to the FDA was a norm when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 21 CFR Part 11 back in 1997. With the evolution of the internet, more companies joined the inevitable movement toward the use of electronic systems. This ...
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Managing EHS Compliance Globally
Enhesa and Enablon examine the need for and best practice approach to, managing EHS compliance globally. In a joint publication available for free download, Enhesa and Enablon have joined forces to highlight why global companies need to take a global approach to ensuring they comply with EHS laws wherever they operate. Entitled “Implementing a Global Approach to Managing EHS Regulatory ...
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Establishing the First Validated Dataset of North American Water Utility Water Audit Data
The American Water Works Association‟s (AWWA) Water Loss Control Committee (WLCC)assembled in 2011 an initial dataset of Water Audit data from 26 water systems from the United States and Canada. This effort represents the initial phase of a project that ultimately aims to establish North American water industry benchmarks for water loss control, while promoting the use of standardized water ...
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Considering New GRC Software? Here’s What to Ask Before You Buy
Does GRC stand for governance, risk, and compliance — or governance, risk, and confusion? In the software market, it’s too often the latter. With multiple technology options and no common definitions, knowing when you need a GRC solution — or which one you need — isn’t easy. Strong, technology-enabled GRC programs can be a real competitive differentiator ...
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Top 4 Reasons to Choose ECAT Audit Management Software
Meet challenges of laggard auditing methods, human intervention and achieve significant alignment between compliance, strategy and staying adaptive to regulations with ECAT The shift from traditional paper-based auditing processes to paper-less technology-driven audit management tools and simultaneous regulatory changes have created a unique need for companies of all sizes to stay on the top of ...
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Cyber Security in an Online World
In The Age of Global Connectivity, it is more important than ever for governments, businesses, and individual operations to adhere to strict cyber security standards. This is particularly true for industries that provide essential services to municipalities. Cyber security measures need to be in place to keep sensitive data and remote control functionality under lock and key. This helps keep the ...
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The hidden cost of running your recycling business with spreadsheets
Everyone starts off building their company with spreadsheets since they’re a cheap, easy solution to track orders, shipments, inventory, etc. The problem is that as volumes increase and operations expand, many businesses become married to using them long after they’ve served their purpose. Sometimes this happens because of cost concerns, the belief that change will be too difficult, ...
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Audit your new EHS software system
JUST ABOUT EVERY BUSINESS, from small to large, uses some type of software to automate nvironmental,health and safety (EHS) processes. Most organizations focus on implementation and do not spend enough time planning, developing evaluation criteria and success metrics, or performing a quality check after implementing new EHS software. A post-implementation audit (PIA) is a thorough evaluation ...
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HVAC Software: How It Can Help Your HVAC Business
WHAT IS HVAC SOFTWARE? HVAC Software equips your business with the tools you need to manage and grow your HVAC business. We have seen a boom in HVAC Business Management Software in recent years because the benefits of running your entire business online are only increasing. A great business management software should ensure your field service team is ready to bump up productivity, improve ...
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Environmental, Safety & Health Compliance System pays off for Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), one of ten national laboratories managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, is a world leader in scientific research. Its scientists are known for their work in nuclear and high-energy physics; environmental and energy research; neurosciences, medical imaging, structural biology and nano-technology. BNL conducts research that enhances ...
By IHS Markit
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Supplier Quality Management: A Brief Guide
Even after being equipped with modern tools and equipment in the production unit, manufacturing businesses are concerned about reducing risks and avoiding costly production failures. It can happen due to poorly-managed processes, poorly maintained equipment and devices, periodic audits, and most important of all, flawed supplier management process – where it all begins. Ensuring good ...
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