Hi Ben
This is an important topic, especially for supplier audits where quality, environmental performance, risk management, and business continuity increasingly overlap.
In my view, updated standards should lead to a more mature assessment of supplier risk, process interaction, and the organization’s real dependency on the supplier.
For integrated management systems, I see a clear benefit when audits are planned around actual processes and risks rather than around isolated standards. A supplier issue rarely stays within one discipline. A weak supplier can create quality risk, environmental risk, delivery risk, documentation risk, and reputational risk at the same time.
Transition training is therefore important, but it should not be limited to clause-by-clause changes. Auditors and supplier quality teams need to understand how revised expectations affect audit planning, sampling, evidence review, auditor competence, and follow-up of findings.
From an auditor’s perspective, the key is to avoid “standard-by-standard auditing” and move toward a risk-based assessment of supplier control, resilience, and effectiveness.
Best regards,
Christian Schmidt
Founder & Principal Consultant
Schmidt GMP-Consulting
https://schmidt-gmp.com