Internal audit checklist

Promoting effective audit planning, reporting and problem-solving

What are the internal audit requirements for ISO 9001?

Whether you're undergoing an external audit for certification, or simply improving your management system's internal audit regime, the ISO 9001 internal audit checklist templates help you deliver meaningful results.

By promoting effective audit planning, conducting, reporting and problem-solving; the audit checklist templates will help any business to implement the internal audit requirements that arise from Subclauses 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 of ISO 9001:2015.

The ISO 9001 internal audit checklist, supplier audit checklists, process audit template and the audit programme are fully editable and supplied in .xlsx format. Easily amend the text, and tailor the templates to suit your business's auditing requirements.

Face the certification auditors with confidence!

Developed to align with the concepts, guidelines, and terminology from ISO 19011:2018 - guidelines for auditing management systems, the internal audit checklists reduce the risk of nonconformities during crucial audits for implementation and certification purposes.

Using ISO 10013:2021 - guidance for documented information as a basis, the audit procedures are structured and formatted to provide employees and process owners with detailed step-by-step instructions that follow the sequence of the flow of the process, using descriptive text, turtle diagrams, process maps and tables.

If you're looking for ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2018 integrated management system templates, please click here for more information. ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 internal audit checklists are available here.

Why use an internal audit checklist?

The purpose of internal audit checklist is to help monitor and evaluate the conformance of an organization’s quality management system and the effectiveness of its processes. By using the internal audit checklist to compare business activities to broad system requirements, you can ensure that each clause or requirement has been assessed.

• Use the audit checklists to capture management system conformance;
• Manage your audit findings in real-time;
• Filter the audit checklist to select specific clauses to assist with process auditing;
• Generate charts to summarize, communicate and report your internal audit findings.

How do I audit a process?

Effective process auditing requires the auditor to identify and record audit trails that will make a difference to the business. Once your management system has matured, businesses should develop a process approach to their internal auditing programme in order to verify that individual management system processes are performing and producing outputs in accordance with the planned outcomes.

Use the process audit template, which replicates the turtle diagram from the internal audit procedure, to encourage the auditors to review the inputs, outputs, risks, controls, activities, equipment, materials, personnel and methods of measurement for all processes, activities and shifts.

The process audit does not assess all aspects of the management system at once. It instead relies on sampling the applicable requirements and reviewing operating procedures, work instructions, contracts, policies, plans, organization charts, flow charts, etc., including the linkages among these documents to determine effectiveness.

How do you conduct an ISO 9001 audit?

Use the fully editable internal audit checklists to help ensure that each clause is assessed, and that your processes are delivering the expected outputs. Completing the audit checklists and questionnaires encourages involvement and auditee participation whilst ensuring transparent conduct.

What's included with the internal audit checklists?	IAC01	IAC02	IAC03	IAC04
5 Internal audit checklist and programme workbooks to schedule, assess and monitor compliance:
» ISO 9001 Internal audit checklist with audit result charts [.xlsx]	✓	✓	✓	✓
» Internal audit programme with 2 and 10-year audit schedules [.xlsx]	✓	✓	✓	✓
» Process audit template to monitor and report performance [.xlsx]	✓	✓	✓	✓
» Supplier audit checklist with audit result charts [.xlsx]	✓	✓	✓	✓
» Supplier self-evaluation questionnaire with result charts [.xlsx]	✓	✓	✓	✓
3 Gap analysis documents, including a gap analysis checklist, action plan and guidance:
» 52-page ISO 9001:2015 gap analysis checklist [.docx]	x	✓	✓	✓
» FREE 13-page gap analysis and self-assessment guidance [.pdf]	x	✓	✓	✓
» Gap analysis action plan to help track and report progress [.xlsx]	x	✓	✓	✓
The 3 procedures each include a turtle diagram to define process inputs, activities, and outputs, as well as process maps to define the sequence of operation:
» Internal Auditing	x	x	✓	✓
» Nonconformity & Corrective Action	x	x	✓	✓
» Supplier Corrective Action	x	x	✓	✓
6 Essential report and form templates in .docx and .xlsx format to communicate internal audit outputs and corrective actions to demonstrate effective operation:
» Internal Audit Report	x	x	✓	✓
» Supplier Evaluation Report	x	x	✓	✓
» Process Matrix & Application	x	x	✓	✓
» Process Effectiveness Assessment Form	x	x	✓	✓
» Corrective Action Report (with 5-Whys root-cause analysis method)	x	x	✓	✓
» Corrective Action Log	x	x	✓	✓
With plenty of practical examples, the guidance documents describe the requirements for internal auditing and corrective action:
» 68-page clause-by-clause interpretation for each requirement	x	x	x	✓
» 17-page guide on planning and conducting internal audits	x	x	x	✓
» 18-page guide on problem solving and corrective action	x	x	x	✓
8 FREE Presentations for training and inducting staff, managers and auditors
» 4 Internal auditor training presentations [.pptx]	✓	✓	✓	✓
» 4 QMS awareness presentations [.pptx]	✓	✓	✓	✓
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IAC01		IAC02		IAC03		IAC04
5 Excel-based Internal audit checklists and internal audit programme workbooks to schedule, assess and monitor compliance £49.99 ~ €57.00 EUR, $55.34 USD, $88.00 AUD		IAC01 + 3 Gap analysis documents, including a gap analysis checklist, gap analysis action plan and 13-page self-assessment guidance £99.99 ~ €114.00 EUR, $110.68 USD, $196.00 AUD		IAC02 + Internal auditing, supplier corrective action and nonconformity and corrective action procedures, with 6 reports and forms £149.99 ~ €170.99 EUR, $166.05 USD, $265.23 AUD		IAC03 + With plenty of practical examples, the guidance documents describe the requirements for internal auditing and corrective action £199.99 ~ €228.64 EUR, $221.40 USD, $353.65 AUD

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Download examples of our ISO 9001 internal audit checklist and process audit templates in .pdf format and see how they could help you save time and money!

Internal Audit Checklist Demo	Supplier Self-Assessment
10-Year Audit Programme	Internal Audit Procedure
Process Audit Checklist Template	RCA & Corrective Action Guidance

Internal audit checklist formatting and compatibility

The editable internal audit checklist, supplier audit, gap analysis and process audit checklist templates are supplied in .xlsx formats, the procedures are supplied in .docx format and the guidance documents are supplied .pdf format.

The internal audit templates are compatible with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat for Windows or MAC and are also compatible with SharePoint, Microsoft Office 365, and all proprietary digital storage solutions. The audit templates are supplied within .zip files for fast download (3.9 to 9.2Mb) | extracted .docx and .pdf file sizes are between 1.5 and 8.5Mb

Gap analysis checklist

The gap analysis will likely be your first ISO 9001:2015 audit as it provides a valuable baseline for the implementation process as a whole. The Gap Analysis Checklist summarizes the requirements contained in ISO 9001:2015 and will help to determine the differences, or gaps, between your existing quality management system and the requirements.

ISO 9001 internal audit checklist

System audits are commonly referred to as a ‘first-party audit’ and are conducted by businesses to determine conformance to a set of audit criteria arising from standards like ISO 9001:2015, often in preparation for certification.

The Internal Audit Checklist focuses on the quality management system requirements to ensure that each clause has been implemented. The internal audit checklist may be used for requirement audits initially and then filtered for ongoing process auditing.

Process audit checklist

The adoption of the ‘process approach’ is mandated by ISO 9001:2015 and is one of the most important concepts relating to your quality management system. You can use the Process Audit Checklist Template for conducting an in-depth analysis to to review and verify the inputs, outputs, risks, controls, activities, equipment, materials, personnel and methods of measurement for each process.

Supplier audit checklist

When evaluating and selecting suppliers, supplier audits are often conducted to verify that the potential supplier has an adequate management system that can ensure consistent performance in delivering conforming products, parts or services.

Use the off-site supplier self-evaluation questionnaire to initially gather this information. Based on risk and other priorities, use the on-site supplier Audit Checklist to undertake a more detailed, 2nd party; follow-up audit.

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