Audit

1st Party Audits (Internal)

First party audits are commonly referred to as “Internal Audits”. The internal audit is typically conducted on a process or set of processes to ensure they meet the organizations internal requirements or standards. Internal audits are also useful in evaluating the effectiveness of an organization’s Management System and to measure adherence to that system. They are most often performed by auditors employed within the organization. First party auditing is a component of the Cost of Quality.

Benefits of 1st Party Audits (Internal)

Implementation of an effective first party or internal auditing process allows you to compare what is actually occurring in your day-to-day operations against your documented policies, procedures, work instructions or quality systems. First party audits help determine if you are actually doing what you said you were going to do to manage quality and ensure conformance to safety or regulatory requirements. In addition, first party quality audits play a powerful role in:

  • Identification of possible weaknesses in your quality management process
  • Discovering any potential issues that could lead to non-compliance penalties
  • Focusing attention on opportunities to eliminate waste in your processes
  • Initiating corrective and preventive actions for any non-conformances
  • Maintaining consistent adherence to quality controls and systems

When an internal auditing process is well planned, implemented and maintained, the internal audits add considerable value to the quality management process and help lower the cost of quality.

2nd Party Audits

Second Party Audits are also referred to as external or supplier audits. The 2nd party audit is usually more formal than an internal or 1st party audit. In some instances, the results of the audit could influence future purchasing decisions. The audits may also be in response to one or more quality issues with the supplier’s parts or assemblies. There often is a contract involved between the customer and supplier specifying the terms of delivery, pricing, packaging, quality requirements and various additional terms. For this reason, second party audits are generally subject to rules and regulations concerning contract law.

Benefits of 2nd Party Audits (Consultant)

Performance of 2nd Party audits can result from various circumstances. An external audit may be performed when an organization is:

  • Developing a new product/service and determining sourcing
  • Approving a new supplier for sourcing
  • Exploring alternate sources during a cost reduction effort
  • Investigating a quality issue with the supplier’s product
  • Performing a review or maintenance audit as part of a supplier management process

Consultation & Audit Services

Business presence in different countries and locations demands legal expertise in wide range of laws and regulations combined with attrition of resources responsible for compliance has made compliance increasingly difficult.

We offer Consultation and Audit Services on the labour legislative part of compliance which is an integral component of corporate governance.

Consultation on all labour legislations for:

  • Business start-ups
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Closure of business, legal entity, factories, offices, mines etc
  • Varied Business Models
  • Different nature of industries

The process involves:

  • Comprehensive audit of all labour related records for an establishment
  • Status determination
  • Criticality analysis of risk exposure or liability
  • Expert consultation and solution based presentation for decision making and course correction

We Undertake

  • Shop & Establishment Compliance
  • Labour Law Compliance
  • Labour Law Audit
  • Labour Law Consulting
  • Salaries - Pay related consulting
  • EPF & ESI compliance
  • Labour Law Statutory Record Maintenance
  • Industrial Licenses
  • Labour Law Registrations
  • Labour Law Licenses
  • Factories Act Compliance
  • Offices compliance
  • Plantations compliance
  • Pay roll compliance