The Audit Office of the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina has completed the financial
audit cycle for the BiH institutions for 2018, where 74 institutions were audited in total.
This is the eighth IOSA audit successfully completed by Gulf Air since 2005, in line with IATA's two-year
audit cycle.
It requires compiling years of QMS documentation and maintaining readiness throughout the three-year
audit cycle, which includes:
The group has a four-year internal
audit cycle which began in 2016, and four audits were carried out in 2017, which included an audit of Adaxio's primary servicing function.
Compiling quality management system (QMS) documentation is a big issue, as is maintaining readiness throughout the three-year
audit cycle. These audits include initial certification consisting of a Stage 1 and Stage 2 audit; partial surveillance audits in each of the following two years; and full recertification in the third year.
DFAS generally meets with its auditors several times throughout the
audit cycle to ensure that the Agency is on the right path toward addressing the causes of the findings.
"Perhaps of greatest concern is a general complacency that the auditors found, which manifested itself in various ways throughout this
audit cycle. This complacency was evident in the shortage of resources made available to fully implement programs that adequately respond to the directives and spirit of the Charter."
audit cycle begins for three years with the beginning of the audit of the
With "audit-ready" documentation and processes in place, they've accelerated
audit cycle timing and results across North America, Europe, and South America.
The mean score out of 25 during each
audit cycle is shown in Figure 1.