First Party Audit
A first-party audit is an internal audit conducted by an organization on itself to evaluate compliance with its own procedures and applicable standards (such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, or FSSC 22000).
→ Conducting first party audits and doing RCA & CAPA
→ Conducting Training
Second Party Audit
A second-party audit is an external audit conducted by a customer (or a purchasing organization) on its supplier to evaluate whether the supplier meets contractual, regulatory, or quality requirements. It is essentially a supplier audit, focused on ensuring that the supplier can consistently deliver products or services that meet agreed standards.
→ Conducting Second party audits/ Supplier audit
→ Conducting Training
GAP Audit
A GAP audit (or gap analysis audit) is a structured assessment that compares an organization’s current practices, performance, or compliance against a defined target standard (such as ISO, FSSC, or regulatory requirements) to identify “gaps” and create a remediation plan. It is often used before certification audits to prepare and strengthen compliance readiness.
→ Conducting gap audits against any global standard or vendor standard
→ Conducting Training
Vendor onboarding audit
A vendor onboarding audit is a structured evaluation conducted during the supplier onboarding process to ensure that new vendors meet an organization’s compliance, quality, and risk management requirements before being formally approved.
- Representing the company as a representative and ensure the vendor onboarding completion successfully.
- → End to end Documentation
- → Training
- → Internal audits
- → Representing the company for the audit.
- → NC closure
Ex: Reliance, Flipkart, Zepto, Swiggy, Chai point, Sodexo, More, Amazon, Big basket