Enhance quality management and build a responsible and sustainable supply chain with a one-day amfori QMI audit.
As supply chains become more internationalized and intricate, the demand for visibility and quality intensifies. Many companies have their own audit criteria, but these create considerable quality management challenges, from inconsistent assessments and a lack of visibility to duplicated efforts and a drain on resources.
What is amfori QMI?
Recognizing these multiple issues and the need for a common standard, amfori and partners created the amfori Quality Management Initiative (QMI). This standardized, integrated approach to quality management system audits enables non-food organizations to monitor and enhance producers’ quality management and build responsible and sustainable supply chains for global buyers, brands and retailers.
Our one-day, on-site amfori QMI audit assesses the quality management capabilities of producers in China, India, Vietnam and Thailand across four areas:
- Infrastructure, system and environment
- Product design
- Incoming materials quality control
- Production control
All-in-one platform for monitoring and ESG data
amfori QMI audit data is stored transparently and efficiently in the amfori Sustainability Platform, alongside amfori BSCI (social) and amfori BEPI (environmental) reports. This enables members to identify best practices and quality improvement areas, and provides them with one place to monitor all their environmental, social and governance (ESG) data.
What are the benefits of amfori QMI?
amfori QMI allows members/buyers to:
- Reduce the resources needed for assessments and avoid duplicating audits
- Foster a sustainable buyer-supplier relationship through an integrated, holistic approach
- Precisely benchmark and identify sustainable producers using a common standard
- Strategically monitor multiple producers
Producers/factories can:
- Avoid audit fatigue and reduce costs
- Efficiently manage multiple audits with a common tool that links to visible return on investment (ROI)
- Continuously improve quality management for sustainable production
- Effectively build and maintain customer retention, trust and satisfaction
Is amfori QMI a certification system?
No. But its scoring system indicates the auditee’s capability across four aspects:
- Infrastructure, system and environment
- Product design
- Incoming materials quality control
- Production control
Noncompliance is subject to remediation or continuous improvement actions to be taken by the producers.
Your qualified amfori QMI auditing partner
As the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, and a qualified amfori QMI auditing partner, we provide extensive expertise in the scheme’s requirements. We bring broad experience in management systems and quality audit services, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, SA8000, amfori BSCI and amfori BEPI. Our dedicated team ensures you receive comprehensive support throughout the auditing process, empowering your organization to achieve excellence in quality management.
Contact us today to discuss your amfori QMI audit requirements.
About SGS
We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.
