STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE INTERNAL AUDIT / SELF IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (SIP)

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

SUBJECT:                      INTERNAL AUDIT / SELF IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (SIP)

DEPARTMENT           : QA SOP NO.                      : Page No                       : Effective Date             : Next Review                : SOP REVISION           :

1.0              OBJECTIVE:

To provide guidelines for Internal Audits of the facilities.

2.0       POLICY:

To ensure and establish a procedure for Internal Audit / Self improvement Program (SIP).

3.0       PROCEDURE:

3.1       G.M. (QA) is the process owner of the Internal Audit.

3.2       Qualification criteria for auditors are enclosed in Annexure- 5.

3.3       SIP members form is enclosed in the Annexure-1.

3.4       SIP/Internal audit is done in every department of the plant on monthly basis. If Initial

            SIP members are unable to attend the program it will be carried by the second SIP members   

            included in Annexure-1 Sop No.SIP calendar will be made for the current year as in       

            Annexure- 4.

3.5        G.M (QA) will ensure that the Audits are carried as per schedule.

3.6       Tracking will be done for the completion of SIP observation.  SIP report format is enclosed in

            Annexure-2 and Tracking format is enclosed in Annexure-3.

3.7       G.M (QA) will Audit the facilities accompanied by Prod. Manager, Representative of the     

      Parent company and the concerned Audit team.

3.8          G.M (QA) will submit the Audit report to the Head of the Organization under information to   

                        the concerned Production Manager.

3.9                    Production Manager will send a corrective action report against Audit Observations in   

                  specified time.

3.10          QA will review the Corrective Action reports against the Audit observations.

3.11          SIP Audit compliance report will be documented and sent to the Representative of the Parent  

      company.

3.12      Audit is done once monthly, in every department and reports will be sent within a week.

4.0       FREQUENCY:  Monthly.

5.0       RESPONSIBILITY: G.M (Q.A).

6.0       REVIEW GUIDE:  Internal Audit Reports (SIP).

7.0       ANNEXURE:

1.      Members of sip.

2.      Sip report format.

3.      Sip tracking format.

4.      SIP calendar for the year.

5.      Qualification Criteria of SIP audit team members.

8.0       SOPs DISTRIBUTION:

            This SOP shall be distributed to following Departments:

Name of the Department	Master Copy	Circulatory Copy
QA/QC	√	√
Production	x	√
Warehouse	x	√
General	x	√
Maintenance	x	√