Process Audits are audits where the scope of the audit has been narrowed to one or more processes, and where the audit criteria have been defined. A Process audit seeks to improve the selected process (es) by finding out how the process is performing against the defined criteria.

The benefit of having a Process Audit is that you are concentrating and dedicating your full attention to one or more processes. This means that you may be spending 1, 2, or more days on a single process, reviewing all aspects of it, from top to bottom, within the defined criteria. Such an exercise is bound to find several opportunities for improving the process in a significant way.

Process Audit systems are validated using various indicators.Indicators of implementation and effectiveness:

• Delivered part quality performance
• Customer disruptions, including field returns
  
• Delivery performance, including incidents of premium freight
  
• Customer notifications related to quality or delivery issues
  

Business process audit benefits

• Risk analysis and contingency procedures.
• Verification of controls used and their suitability to the business.
  
• To verify how often the defined procedures and practices are adequate.
  
• Provide information for decision making on improvements and changes in processes.