Sector pathways

Start with the way your organisation works.

Explore the standards, risks and evidence questions that may matter in your sector. Scope depends on your actual activities.

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Sectors

Construction

Connect the management system to live projects, subcontractors and site conditions. Start with the activities and contracts in scope, then decide how quality, environment and occupational health and safety controls should work together.

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Sectors

Healthcare and clinics

Build assurance around the patient journey and the information that supports it. A management-system audit can examine governance and operational controls, while clinical judgement and regulatory oversight need their own competent assessment.

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Sectors

Legal and professional services

Make client work consistent, secure and traceable from acceptance to closure. Focus the audit on the firm’s actual service model, professional obligations and information flows, with a clear boundary between process assurance and legal or professional judgement.

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Sectors

SaaS and IT

Trace assurance from the product promise through development, operation and incident response. Establish the service boundary, cloud responsibilities and evidence behind controls, then consider privacy or AI governance where the activities justify it.

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Sectors

Manufacturing

Follow the product from order and design through purchasing, production and release. Audit the controls that prevent recurrence, preserve traceability and manage the environmental and safety risks of the actual process.

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Sectors

Logistics and transport

Examine the handovers that make movement and storage reliable. Connect planning, subcontracted transport, warehouse operations and exception handling to the promises made to customers.

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Sectors

Charities and education

Use proportionate assurance to support the organisation’s purpose. Start with the people, services and information that need protection, then choose a management-system scope that the team can operate and maintain.

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Sectors

Public-sector suppliers

Turn the buyer’s assurance wording into a precise scope and evidence plan. Check the requirement before choosing a standard or timetable, and make sure any certificate or readiness claim describes the service actually being supplied.

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