Usually in the RMG sector, the buyer wants to know the institutional self-capacity of its suppliers through technical audits and conforms itself to its product quality and process engineering or quality requirements to get an idea of what future product quality might be like.
Different types of buyers do this technical audit under different names such as QS audit by H&M and FCCA audit by Walmart and product safety audit by ZARA buyers etc. So today I tried to share with you in a short form from some blog posts and my own experience.
Technical Audit is a very important function for garment manufacturing. Every buyer does a technical audit before placing an order in any garment factory. Usually before starting business with a new supplier or supplier, the supplier wants to improve the quality of its existing supplied products, by keeping the quality level upgraded it is very important to review the factory’s self-capacity to ensure that it meets the customer’s requirements.
Technical audit is a thorough verification of a supplier’s manufacturing process and quality control system that is considered a systematic approach to meet customer quality.
What is the purpose of technical audit?
The objectives of technical audit of buyers in garment manufacturing companies are as follows:
1. To ensure that the QMS system is functional.
2. To maintain an audit quality control system.
3. To ensure compliance with customer quality standards.
4. To ensure customer’s requirement of manufacturing and process control.
5. To apply best practices in garment manufacturing.
6. To ensure effectiveness, efficiency, improvement and customer satisfaction.
7. To build long-term excellence and sustainable relationships as a supplier by maintaining the quality of the customer’s products.
Types of technical audit?
Generally there are three types of technical audit.
1. Internal Audit / Fast Party Audit:
Internal audit or fast party audit is performed by the internal auditor of the factory appointed by the factory management. The internal auditor’s report is considered very important for the proper management of the factory, the top-management evaluates the report and takes corrective action accordingly. Here the supplier gets the opportunity to improve itself according to the customer’s quality and technical needs through its own (internal) audit system.
2. Customer Audit / Second Party Audit:
When this is done by the customer or buyer, they report it to the supplier so that they can take corrective action. This is usually done through a scoring or rating system.
3. External Audit / Third Party Audit:
A third-party audit is an external independent audit system commissioned by a customer or authorized party to verify the quality or standards and requirements of their processes. A third-party is a contracted organization that acts on behalf of the customer, prepares reports or certifies the supplier for a specific period of time.
Is the technical audit on all categories and topics?
The sections and subjects on which technical audit is conducted are mentioned below:-
1. Factory warehouse
2. Trim and Accessories Area
3. Inspection of fabric
4. Cad
5. cutting
6. Pre-production
7. Fusing
8. swing
9. Finishing
10. Final inspection or final inspection
11. Quality control or quality control
12. Packing / Finished Products
Factory Warehouse:
1. Product identification, FIFO-LIFO, storage item tracking system and inventory.
2. Mold prevention systems, relative humidity or relative humidity %, and its control system methods.
3. Trim, accessories and fabric storage using pallets or racks.
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