Factory Audit
 

The Factory assessment is performed by our Auditor following a general framework designed after SA 8000 standard and completed, when requested, with the client's specific requirements.

 

The audit takes at least one full day and begins with a request for documentation. The factory management is assembled. One of the documents reviewed is the Quality Certification. The grantor of the certificate is scrutinized as are the periodic reviews.

 

The factory is required to submit documents for a part similar to the part being considered for production.

 

Documents requested include:
  • Process Flow Chart

  • Control Plan

  • Dimensional Layout

  • Capability Study

  • Production Failure Effects Mode Analysis

 

1.	The auditor inspects the factory beginning with raw material storage and inspection
2.	Tooling workshops are inspected
3.	The auditor then "walks" the Control Plan through every manufacturing process
4.	The last steps of the factory inspection are:  *Final test  *Packaging  *Laboratory areas
5.	By the end of the auditing day, the auditor knows   i.  if the quality systems claimed by the factory are in practice and   ii. if the management is committed to constant improvement