The concepts of quality assurance and audits are two distinct ideas that serve the same purpose: improving quality, consistency and reliability in operations. Quality assurance is more of an abstract ...

“We’ve seen the large firms dedicate significant resources toward remediating deficiencies and improving quality control systems,” said PCAOB board member Jeanette Franzel during a speech Thursday at ...

Quality inspectors at Boeing, angry at management’s plan to streamline and automate some quality-control processes with fewer inspectors overseeing the work of mechanics, point to a recent ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said the agency’s 737 MAX production audit into Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems found multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with ...

A six-week Federal Aviation Administration audit of Boeing and subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems “found multiple instances where the companies allegedly failed to comply with manufacturing quality ...

An FAA audit of Boeing and Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems found multiple instances in which the companies failed to comply with quality-control standards on the 737 Max 9 production line. Photo ...

SEATTLE — Quality inspectors at Boeing, angry at management’s plan to streamline and automate some quality-control processes with fewer inspectors overseeing the work of mechanics, point to a recent ...

Changes in technology and the structure of audit firms have prompted a U.S. regulator to consider tweaking rules governing the controls audit firms use to determine the quality of their audits. The ...

Lufthansa Flight Training subsidiary Aviation Quality Services (AQS) has become the first company licensed to perform the International Air Transport Association Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) on ...

The evolving, risk-based approach to audit firm quality management is consistent with a trend that has become well established in the accounting profession. Over the past 15 years or so, leaders of ...

The regulator said the audit found instances in which Boeing and one of its key suppliers did not properly adhere to quality-control requirements. By Mark Walker Reporting from Washington The Federal ...

Testing payroll during an audit can be a tedious manual process, the kind of grunt work that has long been viewed as the “dues” paid by young auditors before they advance in their careers. Recently, ...