An email sent to clients last week by Elliott Group CPAs in Charlotte, N.C., committed the firm to a new level of remote work on audits as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The firm, which ...

Quality management is an important aspect of many regulated industries, and one essential component of quality management is ...

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No one was prepared to have all their auditors and clients working from home. When the pandemic first hit this spring, we all had to improvise and do the best we could with the hand we’d been dealt.

Digitizing expert advice and services is more important than ever, with this phenomenon innovating practices in the food industry. Verifying that food safety practices are being held to the highest ...

Companies, government agencies and nonprofit organizations use auditing practices to manage compliance with internal controls. For example, an auditor looks for inconsistencies in financial records.

There is a lack of trust in remote audits from some in the food industry, according to an expert who looked into the subject for the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). Solely remote audits are not ...

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) will convene a meeting of state finance secretaries in September, with focus on the adoption of remote auditing, timely submission of state accounts ...

The pandemic has taught auditors that they can do their work remotely. By now, most audit teams have made changes to how they audit, and hopefully, when they make those changes, they are considering ...

Remote audits should not replace physical visits but can be used as part of a hybrid approach, said presenters at the Vienna Food Safety Forum. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization ...