Auditing & Assessments
More Than an Audit — An Experienced Look at Your Management System, Processes, and Performance
Confidently navigate your audit needs with support from QSI.
An effective audit should do more than identify findings.
It should help your organization understand whether its management system is working as intended, whether requirements are being effectively implemented, and where opportunities exist to reduce risk and improve performance.
Qualified Specialists, LLC (QSI) provides independent auditing and assessment services supported by decades of experience in management systems, API requirements, industry standards, manufacturing, service organizations, and supply-chain operations.
Our auditors combine management-system knowledge with practical industry experience to evaluate not only whether requirements are documented, but whether they are effectively implemented.
Audit Services Designed Around Your Needs
QSI provides auditing and assessment services for organizations at different stages of their management-system lifecycle.
Whether you need an internal audit, certification readiness assessment, supplier audit, technical audit, or assistance preparing for an external audit, we can help.
Management System Audits
Evaluate your management system against applicable standards and requirements.
Certification & Registration Audit Support
Prepare your organization for external certification, registration, surveillance, recertification, or API audits.
Supplier & Supply Chain Audits
Evaluate supplier management systems, processes, products, and specified requirements.
Technical & Process Audits
Evaluate technical and process requirements that may require specialized knowledge or subject-matter expertise.
What Makes a QSI Audit Different?
A management-system audit can identify whether a requirement has been addressed. A knowledgeable auditor can also help determine whether the requirement is actually being effectively implemented.
QSI’s experience includes:
- ISO management systems
- API Spec Q1
- API Spec Q2
- API product specifications
- Industry codes and standards
- Customer-specific requirements
- Statutory and regulatory requirements
- Technical requirements
- Supplier and outsourced processes
- Manufacturing processes
- Service-related activities
- Integrated management systems
This experience allows QSI auditors to look beyond isolated clauses and consider how requirements interact throughout the organization.
Auditing With Technical Integrity in Mind
For many organizations, quality requirements are only one part of product or service conformity.
Technical requirements may also come from:
- Customer specifications
- Product specifications
- Engineering requirements
- Codes and standards
- Regulatory requirements
- Industry requirements
- Contractual requirements
QSI can incorporate these requirements into the audit process where appropriate.
This can include evaluating areas such as:
- Design and development
- Contract review
- Purchasing
- Supplier controls
- Inspection and testing
- Calibration
- Special processes
- Welding
- Heat treatment
- Nondestructive examination
- Coating and plating
- Outsourced services
- Product realization
- Post-delivery activities
The objective is to evaluate whether specified requirements have been identified, communicated, implemented, verified, and maintained.
Independent Audits With Practical Results
QSI audits are intended to provide your organization with useful information—not simply a list of findings.
Depending on the scope of the engagement, our assessments can identify:
- Conformity to applicable requirements
- Nonconformities
- Potential areas of concern
- Process weaknesses
- Opportunities for improvement
- Inconsistent implementation
- Gaps between documented procedures and actual practices
- Supplier or outsourced-process risks
- Opportunities to improve audit readiness
The results can then be used to support corrective action, continual improvement, management review, and preparation for future audits.
Auditing Across Your Organization
QSI can perform audits for organizations of different sizes and across multiple locations.
Our experience includes organizations in industries such as:
- Oil & gas
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Industrial services
- Aerospace
- Energy
- Service organizations
- Professional organizations
- Supply-chain organizations
Audits can be performed at individual locations or coordinated across multiple facilities as appropriate.
More Than Finding Problems
An effective audit should help an organization understand why a problem exists and what can be done to prevent recurrence.
QSI’s auditors bring consulting and auditing experience to the assessment process, allowing them to recognize relationships between processes and requirements.
This perspective can help identify systemic issues rather than focusing only on individual findings.