On November 22, 2006, a group of employees at Advanced Technology Corporation (ATC) completed training on INTERNAL PROCESS AUDITING conducted by John Novak of KAVON International, Inc.

The concept of a process was introduced and defined during the class, including the four key components (inputs, activities, outputs, and measures). By looking at every job as a process that is integrated with all the other processes helped each student gain an understanding of the approach to be used in dissecting the Quality Management System into auditable pieces.

Techniques on how to audit each of these components were discussed, including specific information to collect on each component to help determine process effectiveness.

Actual audits were conducted after the classroom training was completed in order apply what was learned. The emphasis throughout the training was that the internal auditing process must add value to the organization in order to be useful.

Advanced Technology Corporation (ATC) has been serving the automotive, marine, and heavy/medium truck lighting for over 50 years. They offer in-house molding, metal stamping, assembly, wire and wire harnesses assembly, plastic injection molding and painting, as well as photometry testing. Their products include a comprehensive line of lighting and safety products including, mirrors, marker lights, headlights, tail lights, directional signal lights, strobes and a complete package of assemblies and accessories.

ATC manufactures complete lighting assemblies and components to customer specifications. Their engineering staff can support you from inception to project end using the newest technology available today.

ATC is seeking certification to ISO 9001:2000.