In the process of global trade integration, factory audits have become a threshold for export and foreign trade enterprises to truly integrate with the world. Through continuous development in recent years, factory audits have gradually become well-known and fully valued by enterprises.
Factory audit: Factory audit is to audit or evaluate the factory according to certain standards. Generally divided into standard system certification and customer standard audit. According to the content of factory audits, factory audits are mainly divided into three categories: social responsibility factory audits (human rights factory audits), quality factory audits, and anti-terrorism factory audits. Among them, anti-terrorism factory audits are mostly required by American customers.
Factory audit information refers to the documents and information that the auditor needs to review during the factory audit. Different types of factory audits (social responsibility, quality, anti-terrorism, environment, etc.) require different information, and the requirements of different customers for the same type of factory audit will also have different priorities.
1. Basic information of the factory:
(1) Factory business license
(2) Factory tax registration
(3) Factory floor plan
(4) Factory machinery and equipment list
(5) Factory personnel organization chart
(6) Factory’s import and export right certificate
(7) Factory QC/QA detailed organizational chart
2. Execution of factory audit process
(1) Check the documents:
(2) Management Department:
(3) Original business license
(4) The original of the import and export warrant and the original of the national and local tax certificates
(5) Other certificates
(6) Recent environmental reports and test reports from the environmental protection department
(7) Document records of sewage pollution treatment
(8) Fire management measures documents
(9) Employees’ social guarantee letter
(10) The local government stipulates minimum wage guarantee and proves employee labor contract
(11) Employee’s attendance card for the last three months and salary for the last three months
(12) Other information
3. Technical Department:
(1) Production process sheet,
(2) and notification of process changes in the instruction manual
(3) Product material usage list
4. Purchasing Department:
(1) Purchase contract
(2) Supplier evaluation
(3) Raw material certificate
(4) Others
5. Business Department:
(1) Customer order
(2) Customer complaints
(3) Contract progress
(4) Contract review
6. Production Department:
(1) Production plan schedule, month, week
(2) Production process sheet and instructions
(3) Production location map
(4) Production progress follow-up table
(5) Daily and monthly production reports
(6) Material return and material replacement order
(7) Other information
The specific pre-factory audit work and document preparation involve very complex matters. Preparations for the factory audit can be carried out with the help of professional third-party testing and certification agencies.
Post time: Feb-20-2024