Internal audit: a programme kept on track all year round, findings followed through to closure
Our team runs your internal audit cycle: an annual programme, assignments carried out by an independent auditor, evidence-based reports, and actions followed up through to closure. TargetUp Control is included in the service.
No obligation. A consultant from the TargetUp Systems team will get back to you.
When internal audit is prepared in a rush
The programme planned at the start of the year only resurfaces as the surveillance audit approaches. Audits are carried out by colleagues who sometimes examine their own work. Findings sit idle in spreadsheets, corrective actions remain open, and no one can see the year at a glance.
- Your certification body has raised a nonconformity concerning your internal audit.
- The person who conducted your internal audits has left the company.
- The findings from the last audit are still open, and the management review is approaching.
Depending on your sector, the urgency takes a different form
Clinics
Hygiene protocols, equipment, patient and supply flows: simple checklists and findings followed through to the end.
Hotels and catering
Hygiene and food safety audited throughout the season, not the day before a visit.
Education and training
An audit programme aligned with the institution's year, not with urgency.
Industry and agri-food
Your major customers' requirements audited internally, with supporting evidence, before their own audits.
We run your internal audit cycle, from programme to annual summary
A managed service: our team does the work, your management decides. Every deliverable is dated and verifiable.
The annual programme
Your processes rated according to their risks, the order of the year's audits, the standard chosen. Your management approves it.
Preparing each assignment
You receive an audit plan before the assignment: scope, people to be interviewed, documents to have ready.
The audit, remotely then on site
Our team reviews your documents, then a qualified auditor conducts interviews and observations on site, followed by the closing meeting.
The assignment report
Findings graded from observation to major nonconformity, each one linked to its evidence. A second person reviews the report.
Follow-up through to closure
Your action plan validated, deadlines chased up, closure evidence checked. The next assignment checks how effective the actions have been.
The annual summary
A regular closure status report, then the year's overview, ready for your management review.
The person who runs your system does not audit it
The auditor has not written your documents and has not run your system. You are given their name before the assignment. If our team also runs your quality or QHSE system, the audit is assigned to an auditor from outside that team.
What the service does not do
- The certification audit: it remains the responsibility of your certification body, and we make no prediction about its outcome.
- Financial audit.
- The corrective actions themselves: your teams carry them out. We measure the closure rate; we do not promise it.
What you see in TargetUp Control
TargetUp Control is included in the service. Our team operates it on an instance dedicated to your organisation. It is a steering tool: it does not attest to any conformity.
On screen, you follow your audit year as our team keeps it:
The year on track
Every audit linked to the annual programme, which two people approve.
A well-defined assignment
On site, remote or mixed, with its standard, its team and its dates.
Every requirement assessed
One result per checklist line, and the weighted score that follows from it.
Tamper-proof evidence
Sealed with a digital fingerprint, re-checked, validated by a second person.
Findings tracked
Each one graded, each one with its deadline.
Through to closure
Causes, actions, then effectiveness checked by another person.
The rules the platform enforces
- The annual programme is validated by two people.
- An audit only moves to ‘completed’ once every requirement has a result.
- An audit cannot be closed while a finding remains open.
- The report cannot be printed if any evidence has been altered.
Your evidence, uploaded by our team
You send your evidence to our team, which uploads it to the platform, citing its source. The status of the programme, findings and actions is provided to you at the intervals set out in the contract.
Your first weeks with our team
The schedule is built around two dates you give us at the first meeting: your next external audit and your management review.
The no-obligation diagnostic
A conversation about your standard, your sites and your deadlines. You know where you stand and what the service can take on.
The written proposal
Scope, assignments and deliverables. We check the independence of the intended auditor before proposing them to you.
The launch
Kick-off meeting, list of documents to send us, and set-up of your TargetUp Control instance.
The audit universe and the programme
Your processes rated according to their risks; the year's programme drafted, then reviewed by a second person.
Approval by your management
Programme approved, auditor appointed, date of the first assignment fixed.
The first assignment
Audit plan sent in advance, remote review, on-site audit, closing meeting, then the report.
Then: the action plan and its follow-up, a second assignment that also checks the effectiveness of the first actions, then the year's summary.
A service provided by TARGETUP CONSULTING SARL AU
TargetUp Systems is a trading name of TARGETUP CONSULTING SARL AU, which signs your contracts.
The management systems of TARGETUP CONSULTING SARL AU.
Our independence
We never assess a company we have supported; the CGEM awards the label.
We prepare, run and audit internally. Certification is the responsibility of accredited bodies, and TargetUp Control, as a steering tool, does not attest to any conformity.
Services around internal audit
Document Office
Procedures that are up to date, approved and read: exactly what the auditor comes to check.
View the serviceOutsourced quality manager
Your quality system run by a team separate from the one that audits it. Presented as a supervised pilot.
View the serviceRisk Office
Risks monitored through indicators, and a risk map ready for your management.
View the serviceCertification support
When the system has yet to be built, support is provided by TargetUp Consulting.
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Is your next external audit approaching?
Tell us your standard, your sites and the date of your next audit. A consultant from the TargetUp Systems team will get back to you for the diagnostic.
- Where your internal audit cycle stands, and where to start.
- An initial overview of the gaps, reviewed by a consultant.
- No commitment on your part.
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- A scoping interview with a consultant
- An initial written statement of gaps
- Recommendations ranked by priority
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