Manufacturing Audit (MA)

Manufacturing Audits for Supplier Reliability

Ensure your potential suppliers meet your requirements before you give them your business by evaluating their facilities, capabilities, quality standards, and practices.

QIMA’s Manufacturing Audits offer a cost-effective and time-saving solution to thoroughly vet potential suppliers, ensuring they can reliably meet your production needs. With a QIMA Audit Report, you can confirm supplier capabilities, prevent costly disruptions, and maintain a smooth, uninterrupted supply chain.

Learn more about:

• What Is a Manufacturing Audit?

• Customizable Audit Programs

• Why Perform a Manufacturing Audit?

• QIMA's Manufacturing Audit Expertise

• QIMA Benefits

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What Is a Manufacturing Audit?

A manufacturing audit is typically implemented to confirm whether a potential new supplier is capable of meeting production and quality requirements.

The standard manufacturing audit covers:

• Factory profile

• Production capacities

• Factory facilities, including the condition of machinery and equipment

• Workflow and organization charts

• Quality assurance systems in place

At the end of the audit, the factory is provided with a corrective action plan for targeted long-term improvement. Key remediations are prioritized, with timelines and KPIs agreed upon.

QIMA's manufacturing audits follow the best practices outlined by ISO 9000 standards. Created by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), these standards guarantee efficient quality management systems (QMS) and reliable evaluations across all audits.

Customizable Audit Programs

Our Manufacturing Audits offer a great degree of flexibility and can be customized to fit your specific requirements.

The following additional modules can be included in a QIMA supplier evaluation:

• Social responsibility and compliance

• Procurement conditions

• R&D – sampling capacity

• Hygiene, health, and safety

• Environmental impact

• RoHS standards

• Other modules as required

Why Perform a Manufacturing Audit?

• Verify that your supplier's facilities are operational and suitable for manufacturing your product

• Ensure that your supplier's sourcing policies align with your own

• Identify and hedge against potential quality, operational, and ethical risks

• Evaluate the competence of the factory management

QIMA’s Manufacturing Audit Expertise

QIMA's Manufacturing Audits adhere to the internationally recognized ISO 9000 standards for quality management systems. Our auditors are specialists with years of experience in the field and regularly undergo training and certification programs to maintain and enhance their qualifications.

We can establish a dedicated team of specialized auditors for your custom manufacturing audit program.

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