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A Guide… To Guiding! How To Be Effective As A Quality Audit Guide? (with special focus on IATF 16949)

March 14, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

A Guide… To Guiding! How To Be Effective As A Quality Audit Guide? (with special focus on IATF 16949)

Guest post by Brad Pritts - a followup to How To Prepare For A Factory Audit? Note from Renaud: Let's say your factory is undergoing a quality audit requested by your customer. The auditor will arrive and you are advised to have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: factory audit tips, guiding auditors, quality audit

How To Prepare For A Factory Audit?

March 7, 2023 by Renaud AnjoranLeave a Comment

How To Prepare For A Factory Audit?

From time to time, someone asks me for advice on how to prepare for a factory audit. Since we have run an auditing service for years, we have a few ideas about this. I collected some of my usual advice in this article*. *(I am assuming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: audits, factory audit tips, social compliance audits

Is there a Relationship between Factory Audits and Better Quality Products? [Real Data Analysis]

November 11, 2022 by Adrian Leighton

Is there a Relationship between Factory Audits and Better Quality Products? [Real Data Analysis]

Prof. Neale O’Connor, a China business and accounting expert and international keynote speaker, recently analyzed some of our own factory audit data and other third-party data about customer complaints and came up with some really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: auditing suppliers, factory audits, Sourcing

Want To Prevent Assembly Problems? Use This Checklist.

May 19, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Want To Prevent Assembly Problems? Use This Simple Checklist.

Pilots follow a checklist before they fly. Same thing for doctors & nurses. But, for some reason, I see very few Chinese factories follow a checklist that can help them avoid assembly problems before they make a new product (for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: assembly, assembly problems, Chinese factory management, common problems with Chinese suppliers, fixing problems, managing Chinese suppliers

Using Factory Audits To Qualify Your Chinese Suppliers

May 17, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Using Factory Audits To Qualify Your Chinese Suppliers

When I talk to someone who is contemplating whether they should work with a particular supplier, I advise them to visit the factory and/or have it audited. And this can lead to confusion, as the next question is usually "what type of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: auditing suppliers, audits, continuous auditing, factory audit tips, factory audits, quality system audits, social compliance audits

Environmental Audit On Your Factories: 6 Questions To Ask First

January 21, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

Environmental Audit On Your Factories: 5 Questions To Ask First

With the increasingly pressing imperative to slow climate change down, and with the recent COP 26 conference, a few clients inquired about ways to confirm that their suppliers have taken steps to protect the environment with a view to doing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: certifications, green manufacturing, product environmental impact

Defining and Enforcing Manufacturing Processes for Better Control

October 5, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

Defining and Enforcing Manufacturing Processes for Better Control

As David Collins from CMC often says, there are 5 key success factors that determine a factory’s performance: Production Planning, Incoming Material, Workforce Training, Process Control and Equipment Maintenance. In this article, I'd … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: manufacturing process controls, process audits, process control, process improvement

Exploring Process Audits | Vetting Chinese Suppliers (Part 7) [Podcast]

September 23, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

process audits podcast

Why perform process audits? So far in this mini-series of podcasts about vetting Chinese suppliers we've discussed what quality audits and social compliance audits are and their respective benefits. Since auditing prospective suppliers is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: factory audits, manufacturing process controls, podcast, process audits, process control, supplier audits, suppliers' processes, systems audit

Why Conduct On-Site Social Compliance Audits? [Podcast]

August 26, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

Why Conduct On-Site Social Compliance Audits? [Podcast]

In part 6 of our mini-series of podcast episodes about vetting Chinese suppliers, I'm discussing social compliance audits. After regular factory audits are done on a prospective supplier, it may make sense to assess their social … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: ethical sourcing, factory audits, podcast, social compliance, sourcing from china, vetting suppliers

The Importance Of On-Site Factory Quality Audits [Podcast]

August 12, 2020 by Adrian Leighton

The Importance Of On-Site Factory Quality Audits [Podcast]

In this episode of the podcast, I discuss factory quality audits as a part of the new Chinese supplier vetting process. Loosely based on this article, you'll understand where these audits fit into the vetting process and the more formal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Factory Audits Tagged With: factory audit tips, factory audits, factory quality audit, podcast, quality system, vetting suppliers


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