(ISO: Geneva) -- ISO has published an updated edition of the ISO 19011 auditing standard that will save money, time, and resources by providing a uniform approach to multiple management system audits.

Many organizations incorporate a number of management systems, such as quality, environmental, IT services, and information security. As a result, these organizations want to harmonize and, where possible, combine the auditing of these systems.

Compared to the first edition of the standard published in 2002, which applied only to ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environment), the scope of ISO 19011:2011—“Guidelines for auditing management systems,” has been expanded to reflect current thinking and the complexities of auditing multiple management system standards (MSS).

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