Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

audits en double

English translation:

shadow audits

Added to glossary by claude-andrew
Sep 6, 2011 20:50
12 yrs ago
French term

audits en double

French to English Other Management Eco-audit of a company to gain a seal of approval
Description of the training of auditor technicians:

Nos techniciens sont sélectionnés en interne sur la base d’un des deux pré-requis suivants :
Connaissance du process : réglage machine, réglages des paramètres qualitatifs et énergétiques,…
Connaissance diagnostic afin d’établir un état machine.
Nos techniciens sélectionnés suivent un parcours de formation complet constitué par la réalisation d’**audits en double**.

Is this "double audits" (the term exists) ? Or something else?

Discussion

Jack Dunwell Sep 6, 2011:
Having spent 15 years as an auditor I have NO idea what they mean
claude-andrew (asker) Sep 6, 2011:
@David This is what I first thought of, by analogy with accounting - but this is an audit to establish compliance with eco-standards, hence my uncertainty.

Proposed translations

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9 hrs
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shadow audits

I believe this refers more to the training than to auditing specifically. Two people perform the same audit, trainer and trainee, and the results are compared. Also happens when the competency of the auditor is challenged.

http://www.purpose-driven-solutions.com/html/body_shadow_aud...
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : I think my answer was on the right lines, but yours is spot on.
6 hrs
Thanks Phil. It's more education terminology than accounting/auditing really
agree rkillings : It's auditor training terminology. Not all auditing is financial!
16 hrs
Thanks. Absolutely - QM calls for just about everything to be audited
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Sheila. I'd never have found it!"
1 hr

combined internal/external audit

I found only one apparently relevant hit, which comes from the butchery industry and relates to bovine health audits by a certification body called SGS ICS.

The table on p. 31 of the PDF is a list of problems which may be identified during audits, one of which is "Inadéquation entre contrôles internes et externes". The solution in the right-hand column is "audit en double avec les techniciens". I think this implies that the audit is carried out jointly by internal and external staff.
Note from asker:
Thanks Phil, this looks a strong possibility since these are training audits, so could well be done in duo by a trainee alongside a qualified auditor.
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