April 14, 2008

Making Henkel Safer, Better and More Efficient

By Nancy Hala, KnowledgeLeader contributing writer

For more than 130 years, Henkel has focused on brands and technologies that make people’s lives easier, better and more beautiful. Henkel operates in three business areas: home care, personal care, and adhesives technologies. In this profile, Frank Tenbrock, North America corporate internal auditor, discusses how internal audit shares audit findings with Henkel’s corporate management through its Corporate Audit Alert Letters. Tenbrock also emphasizes the importance of considering the following factors during the annual audit planning process: audit history, audit cycles, business management requests, and business updates.