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7 Types of Factory Audits that Help to Evaluate your Supplier

Do you want to make sure your suppliers are reliable and capable before integrating them into your supply chain? In general, audits allow you to assess suppliers, but they sometimes have different goals. For example, some audits focus on evaluating a factory’s quality management system (QMS), while others focus on social or environmental responsibility. Here are seven different types of audits you might consider to help you evaluate your manufacturing partners and limit risk in your supply chain. What are the 7 Types of Factory Audits? 1. Quality Management System Audit ​​​​​​​ Quality management system audits are one of the most undervalued tools for ensuring optimum product quality and on-time delivery. The quality auditors visit the factory to identify the existing and potential risks in the quality management of the supplier though the actual production site visits, key processes, key post observation, interviews with key employees, inspection and verification of important records ...

Global Organic Textile Standard- GOTS Certification

GOTS (The Global Organic Textile Standard) is the world's  leading textile processing standard for organic fiber. From the harvesting of the raw materials, environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing to labelling, textiles certified to GOTS provide a credible assurance to the consumer. Many products can become GOTS certified, including yarns, fabrics, clothes, home textiles, mattresses, personal hygiene products, as well as food contact textiles and more (excluding leather products). Introduction of GOTS Certification Aim of GOTS The aim of the GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) is to define requirements to ensure the organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labelling in order to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer. Scope and Structure of GOTS GOTS covers the processing, manufacturing, packaging, labelling, trading, and distribution of all textiles made from at ...

Quality Control in Kenya

  The Republic of Kenya is a country in Africa. With a population of more than 52.2 million people, Kenya is the 27th most populous country. Kenya’s capital and largest city is Nairobi while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third-largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. Other important urban centers include Nakuru and Eldoret. The manufacturing sector is identified as one of four main areas of focus by the Kenyan government’s economic agenda. Nairobi is the regional business hub for East Africa. The cotton, textiles, and apparel (CTA) industry is Kenya’s second-largest manufacturing industry after food processing and has been classified as a core industry.  The clothing and textile industry in Kenya played an important role in the industrialization of today’s developed countries.  Kenya’s garment exports amounted to $ 420 million in 2020  even though the Covid-19 pandemic compounded supply-chain proble...