Internal Auditing & Supplier Auditing
Many organizations are now being required by their customers to obtain certification for standards such as ISO9001, AS9100, NADCAP,17025,ISO14001, etc. To these customers, ensuring acceptable supplier quality is critical. Performing a supplier quality audit is one step in ensuring the selection of a capable supplier.
A supplier quality audit is more than just a quick visit and walk through of the supplier’s production areas. Your supplier audit should address all of the following processes:
- Over all Quality Systems Implementation
- Documentation Control
- Records Control
- Customer Satisfaction
- Corrective and Preventive Actions
- Operational Control
- Management Review
- Calibration Control
- Contract Review
- Non-conforming product control
Companies in the aerospace, food, and consumer goods industries are being driven to implement supplier quality management systems that ensure that consumer safety criteria are met. Supplier quality auditing has become a major tool for determining how effective the suppliers quality systems are.
