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Quality system: a checklist for factory auditors

September 28, 2009 by Renaud Anjoran

Sourcing New SuppliersFactory audits, like product inspections, need to be performed in an objective manner. A buyer that pays for audits of two factories should be able to compare the findings and use them to pick a supplier.

It means auditors should work with the same basic checklist for all their evaluations, and make a few adjustments in function of production processes or client requirements.

For audits of labor conditions, the checklist is usually based on the SA8000 standard. For audits of a quality management system, the most widely followed standard is the ISO9000 series.

I proposed a basic checklist for audits to quality standards (based on the ISO9000 series) on the China Sourcing Blog. Here is the article: Factory Quality System: What Auditors Usually Check.

The idea is to help importers who visit their China suppliers but have no experience in operations/quality management. They can adopt the checklist I proposed as a general guideline to evaluate the reliability of each factory they visit… If they take the time for it!

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Comments

  1. Anura Sampath Hettigodage says

    January 11, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    I need a format of chick list to audit manufacturing process. please submit .

  2. Anura Sampath Hettigodage says

    January 11, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    chick list of factory audit

  3. Renaud Anjoran says

    January 11, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Is this what you need? http://www.qualityinspection.org/iso-9000-factory-audit-china/

  4. JayaweeraW.L.C says

    November 4, 2011 at 2:56 AM

    Hi, can you please send QMS ( Quality Management System Audit Check List for Sweater Factory?
    beloe is my email address,
    jayaweeracj@yahoo.com

  5. Renaud Anjoran says

    November 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Jayaweera W.L.C,
    The checklist is 98% similar to the checklist for any other garment factory.
    I encourage you to define your own checklist, based on the advice on this blog but also based on your needs.


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