ISO 9001:2015 has made it clear, through clause 8.4, that the organizations shall control their externally provided processes, products. The organizations shall ensure that externally provided processes, products and services confirm to requirements, consistently deliver conforming products or services to its customers. This means each organization has an obligation to ensure its contract manufacturers are in full compliance with their requirements. Only with this assurance can the organization actually confirm that each batch conforms to its specifications, allowing it to approve and release the product for use or distribution.
An on-site contract manufacturing audit is strongly recommended to ensure contract manufacturers produce, package, label, test and ship product in compliance with your requirements.
Many companies rely on outside expert consultants to perform their supplier audits, however, if a firm decides to manage this with its internal staff, then some keys steps should be followed. In performing the audit, the following things should be taken into consideration:
It is important to properly prepare for the audit by requesting key documents and information to be reviewed prior to the on-site audit. This will provide the auditors with a good sense of the manufacturer’s regulatory history and current state of compliance. The following items should be requested and reviewed:
MNA has a team of auditors who are experience in conducting contract manufacturing audits based on the contract agreement and ISO 9001 standard. We will ensure quality agreements extremely important throughout the audits.
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