


[Amazon's social responsibility audit and FQA quality audit]
Amazon is an American brand. It is the largest e-commerce company in the world. Amazon makes a wide range of products. Products include clothing, electrical appliances, plastic products, small household appliances, etc. As a supplier of Amazon, the conditions of the factory are also extremely harsh. So today, let's take a look at the content of Amazon's factory audit.
Amazon Amazon Factory Audit recognizes the reports issued by the following 9 major auditing agencies:
BV, Elevate, ITS, SGS, TUV-Rheinland, UL, Arche Advisor, Asia Inspection, BSI
Note: Amazon's own factory audit standards entrust the practice of third-party audit institutions:
1. [Social Responsibility] At present, in addition to its own social responsibility standards, Amazon's factory inspections also accept other five general industry standards, namely: RBA, Better Work, /SEDEX, BSCI, SA8000.
In the case of Amazon's own social responsibility standard factory audit, it generally entrusts a third-party audit agency to audit the factory. The audit agency: ELEVATE, BV, ARCHE ADVISOYS, the audit is a two-week surprise window period, and may be notified one day in advance.
2. [FQA quality audit] Audit institutions: TUV Rheinland, ITS, BV, quality audit is a one-week surprise window period, and may be notified one day in advance.
There is an on-site report on the day of the social responsibility and quality audit and there are some problem points. Amazon requires companies to provide a detailed remediation and rectification plan and take corrective and preventive measures (CAP) about 10 days after the audit ends.
The list of Amazon factory inspection documents mainly includes the following 7 parts:
1. Factory Policies and Procedures
2. Employee Documentation
3. Salary/Attendance Documents
4. Freedom of Association
5. Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
6. Health and Safety
7. Environment
Amazon FQA quality audit mainly includes the following 8 parts:
1. Factory facilities and environment
2. Quality system, document management, training
3. Product design and development control
4. Purchasing Control and Raw Material (Outsourcing) Control
5. Production and Process Quality Control
6. Final product inspection and testing
7. Control of metering and test equipment
8. Corrective Action Plan and Continuous Improvement
The quality is based on a scoring system, with a maximum of 100 copies, and more than 80 copies as excellent.
