Get back on track with the internal audit schedule
With Elise Chapman & Loren Gray Clients and students repeatedly tell us that the internal audit schedule has been forgotten about over the past few years because ‘we don’t have…
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Are your internal audits effective?
When I first commenced conducting internal audits over ten years ago, I was working for a state-based law enforcement organisation. The position of internal auditor was challenging due to the…
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Rectification of Non-Compliance
In our previous blog “evaluating compliance” we discussed the benefits of analysing compliance functions in the organisation, which enable us to identify trends and opportunities for improvement. We are going…
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Effective Compliance Evaluations
We have the pleasure of working with clients, from a range of industries, who identify and understand their compliance obligations, implement risk-based audit schedules and ensure they’re monitoring their compliance…
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Selecting & Managing Audit Teams
Steve Robinson from Rightstrategy is an educator at Gray Management Systems delivering a variety of accredited training courses including, Manage Business Risk, Facilitate Continuous Improvement, Manage Project Quality and Manage…
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Reflections & Auditing
This is Geoff Gray and I thought I would reflect on my auditing career and provide a perspective covering the past 30 years as I transition into retirement. In general,…
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2021 Wrap Up
Our recent December Mailchimp touched on the changes within GMS and our need to be resilient and nimble to meet the needs of our students and clients. We feel it…
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Managing Compliance – Everything you need to know about our NEW course
So, you’re thinking you might enrol in the Manage Compliance Course? Maybe you’ve come to read this because you have been dubbed the ‘Compliance Expert’ at your workplace. Maybe you…
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Continuous Improvement – we seem to be going around in circles!
Steve Robinson from Rightstrategy is an educator at Gray Management Systems delivering a variety of accredited training courses including, Manage Business Risk, Facilitate Continuous Improvement, Manage Project Quality and Manage…
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GMS Customer Feedback Journey
Hi it’s Sarah here from Gray Management Systems. We recently embarked on a customer feedback journey, because we greatly value each and everyone of our clients and students and naturally…
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The majority of businesses are not motivated to conduct internal audits until it becomes a mandatory requirement. However there are an increasing number of businesses conducting internal audits because they…
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Don’t underestimate the importance of stakeholders
Steve Robinson from Rightstrategy is an educator at Gray Management Systems delivering a variety of accredited training courses including, Manage Business Risk, Facilitate Continuous Improvement, Manage Project Quality and Manage…
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What’s your plan to manage compliance in 2021?
Returning to work in the new year is a great time to reflect on your compliance activities and start planning for the year ahead. Getting back on track with internal…
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Remaining vigilant in a changing environment
A case for best practice compliance Written by Steve Robinson from Rightstrategy. 2020 has been a difficult year indeed and everybody is now looking for the light at the end…
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Strategies in practising self-assurance
Written by: John Price, Co-Founder & Consultant The VET Gurus and Loren Gray, Compliance Specialist Gray Management Systems This article was originally published in The VET Gurus August newsletter which…
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NDIS: Incident Management & Reportable Incidents
An incident management system is a requirement for registered National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) providers. The NDIS (Incident Management and Reportable Incidents) Rules 2018 requires all registered NDIS providers to…
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Maintaining Quality through Self-Assessment, Self-Assurance and/or Internal Audit
Written by: John Price, Co-Founder & Consultant The VET Gurus and Loren Gray, Compliance Specialist Gray Management Systems This blog post was originally published on The VET Gurus website which…
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You Get What You Measure
These days organisations are run quite lean with respect to human resources, at the same time there is increasing pressure on performance, so it is extremely important that human resources…
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Internal Audits: Getting Started
Thinking about the value of implementing an internal audit program within your business? Maybe you are going through a certification process and need to start conducting internal audits. This article…
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Who’s in control?
It may be no surprise that the benefits of managing risk within your organisation are wide ranging. Risk management not only helps us to see the risks that may not…
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Don’t Wait to Become Irrelevant
The ‘Shewharts’ Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle (also known as the PDCA cycle) can be used to drive sustainable continuous improvement in every organisation. The PDCA cycle is an organic approach that is…
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What to Audit?
The first question to answer when commencing an internal audit program is ‘what to audit?’ Experts vary in their advice given to companies when setting up an internal auditing program…
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Key Attributes of an Auditor
Are you looking for a career change or to further develop your professional expertise? Do you possess integrity and great communication skills? If the answer is yes, you should consider…
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Facilitating An Audit
It is a question that often stops me in my tracks from time to time. Why would management pay good money for an audit, but then not facilitate the process?…
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The JAS-ANZ and Selecting the Right Certification Body
If you are an organisation looking to certify your product to comply with an Australian Standard or you would like to obtain certification for a specific management system standard such…
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Guidance on adopting an Internal Audit Process
If you are a business who currently conducts internal audits or are thinking of implementing an internal audit program, the International Standard ISO19011:2018 is a great guide. What is ISO?…
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How to Conduct an Audit Opening Meeting
Geoff Gray our lead facilitator at GRAY Management Systems had a chuckle when I asked him about what an opening meeting looked like in his early days of auditing. His…
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How to Conduct the Audit Closing Meeting
So you’re coming to the end of the audit. You are busy typing up your audit findings and have communicated any action items/ non-conformances along the way with the auditee.…
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What is an Internal Audit?
Regardless of the nature and size of a business, a consistent internal audit process is an effective and reliable method to support management policies and controls. An audit process should…
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