Audit Suite - Aviation SMS Software Modules for Airlines & Airports

Aviation SMS Software for Airlines, Airports, Maintenance, Flight Schools, Drones UAS

Auditing Suite

The auditing suite contains all of the tools necessary to ensure compliance with industry standards. Audits managed with the tool can be either internal or external by nature. The auditng suite is highly customizable, and can be configured to be used in numerous ways to meet most of your auditing needs. Audits scheduled within the Auditing Suite can be conducted offline, and later synced to the SMS Pro server for further management of the audit and generating reports.

Auditing Process

The basic workflow for auditing in SMS Pro is performed more or less in the following order:

Enter Audit Checksheets into the System ***
Schedule Audits to be performed
Conduct the Audit
Manage findings in Issue Manager
Perform Follow-up
Repeat as needed

Core Components of Auditing Suite

The core features of the Auditing Suite are:

Auditing Dashboard
Audit Scheduler
Auditing Calendar
Auditing Tool
Finding Manager
Audit Reports

Auditing Dashboard

Auditing dashboard allows users to view and quickly access upcoming scheduled audits, audits past due, those in progress, and those recently completed.

Additionally, a quick menu allows you to access the audit scheduler, calendar, and reporting features.

Charting tools allow you to view statistics about your audits such as number started on time and average findings per audit.

Audit Scheduler

The Auditing Scheduler tool allows managers to:

Schedule one time or recurring audits
Select the inspection for or forms to be utilized in the audit
Select the elements of those forms to be included in the audit
Assign the audit to a specific division and location in that division
Manage the team to perform the audit

Auditing Calendar

The Auditing Calendar allows users to quickly view audits that have been scheduled, as well as view details about those audits.

Additionally, managers can schedule audits right from the calendar.

Auditing Tool

The Auditing tool is where the audit is performed. Here a member of the auditing team is able to answer the questions from the selected form(s), as well as identify Findigs or Concerns in the audit. Attachments can be added to support the responses of each question.

When the audit is complete, team members can notify the assigned manager the audit is complete, allowing the manager to review the audit before accepting it as complete. Upon accepting the audit as complete. Findings (and concerns that were identified to be submitted as issues) will be created as issues to manage in the Issue Manager grouped together by audit.

In addition to performing audits within the SMS Pro web application, there is an offline version available. The offline auditing tool allowing you to conduct the audit right from your favorite device, as you are performing the audit, then sync it to your SMS Pro server as you progress through the audit.

Finding Manager

SMS Pro's auditing tool allows for the option of managing findings in the Auditing Module (as opposed to in the Issue Manager). Here more flexibility is offered, allowing managers to assign findings to different divisions and update the audit's Corrective Action Plan.

Audit Reports

Auditing reports allow managers to view the company's audit plan, analyze repeat findings, and review issues that have been audited by an external auditor.

*** Industry Standard Forms

Some of the aviation industry's standard audit forms that are highly complex and would require significant time to input into the system are available as a quick add to your portal.

Forms available include: