It is always difficult to avoid the inspection requirements of European and American customers when doing foreign trade. But do you know why customers want to audit? What are the contents of the audit? There are so many inspection projects such as BSCI, Sedex, ISO9000, Wal-Mart inspection, etc. Which one is your product suitable for? How can we pass the factory inspection and smoothly take orders and shipments?
I. What are the types of audits?
Factory audits are generally divided into human rights audits, quality audits and anti-terrorism audits. Of course, there are also some integrated audits such as human rights anti-terrorism combo, human rights anti-terrorism quality three-in-one.
Human Rights Audit/Social Responsibility Audit: The client reviews the labor rights, working conditions and environmental protection of the factory. Common human rights audit projects include: BSCI audit, Sedex audit, Wal-Mart audit, etc.
Quality Audit/Quality Technology Audit: The customer's assessment of the factory's production capacity indicates that it has the ability to consistently and satisfactorily meet customer requirements and applicable regulatory requirements. Common quality inspection projects include: ISO9001 audit.
Anti-terrorism inspection/supply chain safety inspection: A set of safety control procedures for the safety and safety of export goods through the factory itself. Common anti-terrorism inspection projects include: C-TPAT inspection, GSV inspection and so on.
II. Why should the company audit the factory?
One of the most realistic reasons, of course, is to meet the customer's inspection requirements to ensure that the factory can take orders smoothly. Even some factories will take the initiative to accept the factory in order to expand more overseas orders, even if the customer does not ask for it.
In fact, the audit is not just a result of “passing”. The ultimate goal is to enable the company to establish a safe and effective management system by means of auditing. The safety compliance and sustainability of the production process is the key to long-term profitability.
A.Meet customer requirements
B.Effective management process
C.Fulfilling social responsibility
D.Establish brand reputation
E.Reduce potential risks
F.Reduce costs
A.Guarantee quality
B.Improve management
C.Building a reputation
A.Ensure the safety of the goods
B.Effectively crack down on crime
C.Speed up freight handling
P.S. The anti-terrorism inspection factory began to appear after the September 11th incident in the United States, mostly for US customers to ensure the safety of the supply chain from the start to the end of the transportation, information security and the flow of goods, thus preventing the infiltration of terrorists, but also conducive to combat Cargo theft and other related crimes to recover economic losses.
III. One-stop audit content and services
At WALTEK, as a third-party organization with more than 10 years of professional testing and certification experience, we can provide you with everything from initial production to loading, from pre-consultation of factory audit to full tracking and technical support through rectification.
