How can a company prepare to go through an external audit process?

is completely natural that there is a certain apprehension or an air of fear when it comes to the external audit. It is at this time that the company's processes will be evaluated and the entire operation of the company will be analyzed in order to know if the enterprise itself is in accordance with the quality standards and the standards applicable to the activity.

In the course of this article, we here from Audilink Auditors we will talk a little about how you, while manager, could best prepare your company to go through an external audit process.

Elaborating and working on your brand for the external audit process

For your company to go through an external audit process without major problems, it is important that your internal processes have already been studied and evaluated in an internal way. This is where the internal audit enters as a bridge between the status quo for the external analysis.

Before performing the internal audit, it is possible that you, as responsible for the management, propose:

• a greater awareness of employees: an internal culture that is focused on care and caution in all steps helps a lot to keep "the house tidy." Try to incite your employees focus on following the procedures, observing the established standards in order to ensure that the company takes steps consistent with the expected of the brand;

• An annual plan for audit: audits need to happen in a cyclical way, and your company needs to respond to this, organizing in general, not just on top of the time. All departments of your company need to be mobilized, and for this, it is important to implement a plan of action that delimits the protocols that will come into action, even if the audit is only on the distant horizon of the company;

• Standardize processes: Certainly, the creation of an internal manual, the training of professionals and the applicant review of what is done is something that can cause the result of procedures becoming increasingly consistent. This consistency, when it is associated with compliance with what is established in a rule, ends up making the audits much calmer, and causes them to find fewer problems;

• invest in closer management: Finally, we can not fail to quote the importance of investing in a closer management of employees. Here, it is possible to take several approaches, such as ensuring that there are leadership representations at more than one level of the organization chart, bringing closer monitoring to management.

  With such preparation, and the conduct of an internal audit prior to the external audit, it is possible to go through analysis with a very positive feedback.

  Audilink by your side at the time of your audit

  External audits are an essential step for the most diverse enterprises. So only through this step, it is possible to be in accordance with the legal norms. Converse with us here from Audilink and understand better as our auditor team can help you.