Protecting Your Brand and Ensuring Supply Chain Integrity
In the fast-paced retail industry, your brand reputation is directly tied to supplier performance. A single factory failure — whether a quality breakdown, ethical lapse, or safety violation — can trigger recalls, legal penalties, and long-term damage to trust. Supplier & Factory Audits are your first line of defense against this risk.
BQCIS conducts multi-dimensional audits that go beyond surface-level checks to evaluate technical capability, compliance, and ethics. We perform Technical/QMS Audits (based on ISO 9001 or your internal standards) to ensure consistent product quality, and Social Compliance Audits (using SA8000, SMETA, or brand-specific codes) to verify fair labor and safe working conditions.
Our experienced, local auditors operate across key manufacturing regions worldwide. We assess quality systems, CSR, environmental management, and security (C-TPAT) standards — providing transparent data and actionable findings so you can maintain a compliant, resilient, and ethical supply chain.
Key Factory Audit Activities
Key Benefits of Supplier & Factory Audits
Mitigate Supply Chain Risk
Identifies hidden ethical, technical, or safety risks in your supplier base before they escalate into costly disruptions.
Ensure CSR & Legal Compliance
Verifies adherence to international labor, health, and safety standards, aligning your brand with responsible business practices.
Strengthen Brand Reputation
Transparent, third-party verification demonstrates accountability to regulators, buyers, and consumers.
Improve Supplier Performance
Drives continuous improvement through corrective action tracking, supplier training, and audit follow-ups.
Success Story
Social Compliance Audit Identifies Critical Supplier Risks
A global retailer sought to onboard a new high-volume supplier in Southeast Asia but required assurance of full CSR and legal compliance before approval.
BQCIS performed a comprehensive SMETA 4-Pillar social and technical audit, including document verification, worker interviews, and facility inspection. Key focus areas included working hours, wage transparency, and safety procedures.
The audit uncovered falsified timecards and inadequate fire exits. Immediate remediation was mandated before partnership approval — preventing brand damage and safeguarding worker welfare.