• Quality Management System (QMS) Auditing, using a process-driven approach to verify compliance with QMS standard. Organizations should also sample customer-specific quality management system requirements for effective implementation.
  • Manufacturing Process Auditing, using a customer-specific approach to determine process effectiveness and efficiencies. Organizations should determine the approach if not defined by the customer. Manufacturing organizations need to make sure they include all shifts along with handovers from shift to shift, if multiple shifts exist. Control Plan, and associated documents should be used for the audit.
  • Layered Process Auditing (LPA) is a system of audits performed by multiple levels of supervision and management to monitor key process, product, and service characteristics to verify process conformance on an ongoing basis. Star will establish, develop, and implement an effective LPA program to provide a reduction in variation along the manufacturing line as well as non-manufacturing functions.
  • Product Auditing using a customer-specific approach is to verify product’s conformity to specified requirements. Organizations should determine the approach if not defined by the customer.