An audit is a doubt the most immediate and complete way to control a management system. Consisting of a series of activities attributed to the verification of compliance of the latter, it consists of a series of procedures that aim to ensure the effective functioning of the processes.

The discipline on this topic allows us to distinguish between first-party audits, second-party audits and third-party audits. Globalizing markets and increasing use of external resources make supply chains increasingly articulate and complex, making it harder for companies to have a complete picture of their chain of supply.

But it's exactly one of the furthest supply chain links that often hide the most insidious risks, capable of endangering the company's reputation in the market. The knowledge of the supply chain is, in this sense, the first risk management strategy. A systematic awareness, inclusion and monitoring activity of suppliers becomes a medium-term/long strategy capable not only to limit risk, but also above all to generate culture and development, for the benefit of the entire supply chain.

Second-party audit consists of a series of ad hoc evaluation activities for each company to verify whether suppliers maintain certain product or service quality standards. Therefore, conducted by expert and qualified assessors, audits provide companies in each product sector an effective, flexible and fast tool to improve the quality of their offer through adherence to set standards and increase institutional image.

As part of this service, AQSCERT srl is able to operate on several levels. In particular, it is able to develop a personalized project for the client, identifying key needs, defining an analysis methodology and performing checks, or adhere to the predetermined specifications by the organization to perform only planning and analysis. In both cases, the independence of the person performing the audit provides an objective and punctual result and a reduction in costs and resources dedicated by the company.

A Part II Audit Program is the tool that AQSCERT srl provides to organizations that wish to recognize and consciously manage their supply chain. A Part II Audit Program guarantees a global level of compliance for organizations that wish to maintain their standards and protect their reputations until the last branch of the network. The confidence of audits in your supply chain at AQSCERT srl means to benefit not only from the objectivity of an external party, but also from the methodology and competence of a competent body for verification, control and certification activities. Audits along the supply chain can be carried out in all manufacturing sectors and may include:

• Service providers
• First-cases suppliers
• Pages with external processes
• Product Suppliers
• Some manufacturing plants