Quality - Supplier Audit

What is a Supplier Audit?

A supplier audit is the process used to demonstrate your level of control over subcontracted processes. These may be carried out during supplier approval or ongoing surviellance of subcontracted processes. It helps to identify risks and opportunities within the subcontracted activities.

What are the benefits of a Supplier Audit?

A supplier audit adds value in several ways:

Improves communication between you and your suppliers

Improves the understanding of requirements between you and your suppliers

Ensure the maintenance of requirements and records

Demonstrates to an external auditor that you have control of subcontracted activities and monitor them

Early identification of issues and resolution before potential resulting problems

Why conduct a Supplier Audit?

Supplier audits are a good method of ensuring that the supplier is following the agreed specifications for the subcontracted task and maintaining the expected controls and quality of services and products

SGR are able to provide an independent review of your suppliers performance with the aim of increasing performance and reducing risk.

MEDICAL - ISO 13485

ISO 13485 is the internationally recognised standard for quality management within the medical device sector. It is based on the ISO 9001 process model and its main objective is to enable a harmonised approach in the medical device industry.

MEDICAL DEVICE CE MARKING

A CE mark is needed for many medical products in the European Economic Area (EEA), the letters ‘CE’ on a product show that the product complies with European legislation. CE marking was created at the beginning of 1992 to help free the restrictions of the European Marketplace.

MEDICAL DEVICE UKCA MARKING

A UKCA mark will be needed for medical products sold in the United Kingdom, the letters ‘UKCA’ on a product show that the product complies with UK Medical Device Regulations. UKCA marking will be introduced throughout the transition period. Compliance dates will vary depending on the product risk class

ISO 45001 is the internationally recognised standard for the management of health and safety within your business. By implementing a health and safety management system, your business demonstrates a clear desire to improve the health and safety in your company by setting measureable objectives.

HEALTH & SAFETY - ISO 45001

HEALTH & SAFETY - CHAS

CHAS stands for Contractors Health and Assessment Scheme, it is an accredited health and safety scheme for the construction industry. Some buyers require CHAS certification before they allow you to tender. This has been seen in public sectors such as schools, colleges etc.

HEALTH & SAFETY - CONSTRUCTIONLINE

With our guidance your organisation can become a member of Constructionline, Constructionline is the biggest register of contractors in the UK for the construction industry. Constructionline has a database of over 8,000 buyers that are a part of over 2,000 organisations, by becoming a registered member of Constructionline it will increase the brand reputation of your company and is an organised way of instilling verified competence to the buyer.

HEALTH & SAFETY - SAFECONTRACTOR

With our guidance your organisation can become a certified member of SafeContractor, once you have been certified as a member you will be added to the online database that the clients of Safecontractor have access to. You can reduce the risk of accidents on your clients premise’s and ensure your health and safety competence in a cost effective way.

QUALITY - ISO 9001

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for quality management within your business. It provides a systematic and common sense approach to ensure that the activities within your business are controlled, aiming to consistently achieve customer satisfaction by meeting their requirements and expectations.

ENVIRONMENT - ISO 14001

ISO 14001 is the internationally recognised standard for environmental management within your business. It focuses on the environmental aspects of your business and how you interact, influence and control them. You will set objectives and targets for environmental performance and by implementing a programme improve your performance.

FOOD SAFETY - ISO 22000

ISO 22000 is the internationally recognized for food safety management within your organisation. It helps to minimize food safety hazards within the food chain.

FOOD SAFETY - HACCP

At SGR we can help you with your HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point), it is a system that introduces better food safety to your organisation’s activities when handling food productsand how food is produced to make sure the food is safe to eat.