Internal audits: plan, perform, prove – in one system
From the annual programme to the proof of effectiveness: IMS-Audit Cloud guides you through every phase of the internal audit – in the browser, on a tablet on site, with actions that no longer get lost.
Five phases, one tool
Plan the audit programme
All internal audits of the year in one annual and Gantt view – per plant, site or department. Move dates with a click, everyone involved sees the same status; deadlines from action management are included automatically.
Planning & calendar →Prepare the audit
Area, standard, date, audit team and contact persons are stored centrally on the audit. A question catalogue provides the common thread – ready-made standard catalogues (sold separately) or your own, imported from Excel. Related documents on the process and the standard are available directly in the audit. If you wish, the audited area assesses itself in advance – you arrive prepared and focus on the deviations on site.
Question catalogues →Perform it on site
Rate directly in the question catalogue on a tablet and record findings immediately instead of transferring them from notes later. Audit simultaneously as a team; without network coverage, work offline in Excel and re-import.
Plan & perform audits →Track actions
Findings become actions with owners and deadlines right away – automatically from the finding type if you wish. The action cockpit shows what is overdue at a glance, e-mail escalation sends reminders by itself, and effectiveness is documented. For verification, one click creates a follow-up audit that carries over only the questions with a deviation – together with the actions from the previous audit.
Actions & CAPA →Report & prove
The audit report is generated as a PDF in your corporate design directly from the data. The catalogue comparison places last year’s audit alongside – trend arrows per question provide the proof of effectiveness every standard demands. Results flow automatically into the management review.
Reports →One audit, four perspectives
QM lead / audit programme owner
Keeps the annual plan, the status of all audits and open actions in view on the dashboard – across all sites.
Internal auditors
Work on site on a tablet, with a prepared catalogue and year-on-year comparison; findings and actions are created in the same step.
Audited areas
Work on their actions with their own role or via restricted logins in IMS-Audit Cloud – without occupying a full user.
Management
Gets key figures instead of Excel attachments: fulfilment levels, on-time completion of actions, a finished management review record.
What sets internal audits with IMS-Audit Cloud apart
- Exactly one software for programme, execution, actions, report and management review – no media breaks
- Multi-client capable: several plants, sites or departments cleanly separated in one licence
- Roles and granular permissions: auditors see their audits, owners see their actions
- Field-level change tracking – traceable in an audit-proof way
- User interface in eight languages, audit answers translated automatically (DeepL integration)
- All modules in every plan, from €49 per user per month (net), no set-up fee
Read on by standard: ISO 9001 · IATF 16949 · ISO 14001 · all standards
Internal audits with software
Which standards does the software cover for internal audits?
IMS-Audit Cloud is standard-independent: internal audits to ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 13485, ISO 27001 or DIN EN 9100 (AS9100) follow the same principle – choose a question catalogue, audit, derive actions. Ready-made standard catalogues are sold separately; you can create your own catalogues at any time.
How do I plan an audit programme across several sites?
In the annual and Gantt view you plan all audits per plant, site or department – multi-client capable and cleanly separated. If a date moves, you adjust the plan and everyone involved immediately sees the new status.
How do findings turn into actions?
Directly in the audit: from every finding you derive an action with an owner and a deadline – if you wish, it is created automatically from the finding type. Overdue actions escalate by e-mail, and effectiveness is documented on the action.
How do I prove effectiveness compared with last year?
With the catalogue comparison: the current audit and last year’s audit stand side by side question by question, and trend arrows show green (better), red (worse) or grey (unchanged) – the classic proof of effectiveness for the follow-up audit.
Can auditees take part themselves?
Yes – either as users with their own role or via restricted logins in IMS-Audit Cloud: additional, restricted logins with which participants work on their actions without occupying a full user. Depending on the plan, 5 to 80 restricted logins are included.
Your next internal audit – already in the cloud?
All modules included, no set-up fee. In the appointment we walk you through the complete process using your own topics.