Audit scheduling software for UK certification and inspection bodies
What UK certification and inspection bodies should look for in audit scheduling and resource management software: UKAS expectations, statutory inspections, data hosting and how to test it on your own audits.
UK certification and inspection bodies need audit scheduling software that checks auditor competence and impartiality on every allocation, keeps a record an accreditation assessor can read, handles statutory inspection due dates and cuts travel. ScheduleAI by Checkfirst is built in London for this: UKAS uses ScheduleAI, a UK certification body raised auditor utilisation by 11 percentage points, and data is hosted in the EU under ISO/IEC 27001.
Key takeaways
- An assessor will ask how each team was selected; the software should answer.
- Statutory inspections (LOLER, PSSR, EICR) need due dates as hard rules.
- Ask where data is hosted and who can access it.
- Test on a month of your own audits before you buy.
What do UK bodies need from scheduling software?
Assessment-ready records
Why each auditor was chosen, for your UKAS assessment.
Statutory due dates
LOLER, PSSR and EICR intervals as hard rules.
Travel across the UK
Cluster visits; count travel time.
Works with your system
Connects to your certification platform or ERP.
Questions to ask a vendor
- ✓Does it check competence per standard, technical area and role?
- ✓Does it record why each auditor was chosen?
- ✓Can it keep statutory inspections inside their due dates?
- ✓Where is data hosted, and is the vendor ISO/IEC 27001 certified?
- ✓Can we test it on our own audits first?
What has a UK body seen?
More cases are on our published results page. For statutory work see LOLER scheduling and PSSR scheduling; for the wider market see audit scheduling software compared.
ScheduleAI by Checkfirst is built in London for certification, inspection and accreditation bodies. It checks every rule on every allocation, records the reason, handles statutory due dates and clusters travel. Start with a free two-week demo on your own audits.
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Is ScheduleAI used in the UK?
Yes. UKAS uses ScheduleAI, and a UK certification body raised auditor utilisation by 11 percentage points.
Where is ScheduleAI data hosted?
In AWS Ireland (EU). Checkfirst is ISO/IEC 27001 certified.
Does it handle LOLER and PSSR inspections?
Yes. Due dates are held as hard rules.