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The Audit register brings together everything your organisation needs to schedule audits, report non-conformances and improvement opportunities, and retain a traceable record of review and closure. Audits can be scheduled once or repeated at set intervals, with the right people automatically assigned at each stage.
Audits provide a systematic way to check whether activities, processes, and systems are working as intended. Use the register for internal or external audits, retain objective evidence, and make sure findings lead to appropriate follow-up.
Key features
Plan and schedule audits once or at regular intervals, with clear instructions and assigned officers.
Complete and record the audit, including evidence, non-conformances, and improvement opportunities.
Review, follow up, and close the audit once the Action officer has signed off.
Monitor and trace audits through register views, attached records, related items, and workflow history.
Audit workflow
The Audit register uses three workflow stages: Schedule, Action, and Review/Close. At the Review/Close stage, the Approval officer reviews the Action officer's work and either assigns further action or approves and closes the audit. Hover over or focus each stage to see what happens there.
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Plan and schedule audits
Schedule an internal or external audit once or at regular intervals. Define its scope, timing, instructions, optional controlled audit tool, Action officer, Approval officer, and access settings before submitting the schedule.
Define the audit task: Add instructions for the auditor, assign a template for online auditing (requires Logiqc Auditor) or link to a downloadable audit checklist so the Action officer knows what to check.
Repeat when needed: Set a frequency for recurring audits. Logiqc creates the next audit in the series automatically and copies the audit details to the new occurrence, so they only need to be defined once.
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Complete and record the audit
The Action officer follows the audit instructions, records progress or the action taken, and attaches evidence. Any non-conformance or improvement opportunity can be reported to the Improvements register and assigned for follow-up.
Retain evidence
Attach records that support the audit outcome.
Report findings
Record issues and improvement opportunities that need action.
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Review, follow up, and close
After the Action officer signs off the audit task, the Approval officer reviews the Action history, identified issues and improvements, attached evidence, and comments. They can assign another task when more work is required, or approve and close the audit.
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Monitor and trace audits
Use the In progress, Closed, All, Audit schedule, and Draft views to monitor audit work. The All view also includes skipped audits. Each audit retains its schedule, assignments, Action history, findings, attachments, related items, and system events as a traceable record.
Use the register views to monitor audits, schedules, completed work, and drafts.
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Get started
Use the detailed articles below to follow an audit from Schedule through Action to Review/Close.
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