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Manufacturing Audit Solutions

Manufacturing Audit Solutions

Every business is subject to various types of audits. The manufacturing industry is no exception and often needs to conduct more audits than other industries to comply with safety and product regulations. Without the tools to easily pull financial, inventory, and process-related data, audits can become time-consuming, error-prone, and expensive. Technology that integrates all your business data allows you to simplify your internal audit process and better prepare for external audits.

A manufacturing audit is an examination of an existing system, product, organization, or process. Audits can be conducted internally (by someone within or hired by the company) or externally (by a separate entity like the IRS). There are several types of audits in the manufacturing industry; some of the most  common include:

  • Financial audits are investigations of an organization’s financial reports’ accuracy, comparing financial statements to real data.
    • Tax audits are a type of financial audit used to ensure that an organization reports its tax information accurately.
  • Operational audits are detailed analyses of company goals, planning, processes, procedures, and results. These types of audits are typically conducted to identify areas for improvement.
    • Process audits are a type of operational audit that determines if a particular manufacturing process is working as it is intended to and how it can run better.
  • Product audits are conducted after production, but before a manufactured good reaches a customer, it is another way to assure optimum quality.
  • Compliance audits examine a business or department’s policies and procedures to make sure they comply with internal or regulatory standards. This is especially important for manufacturing companies with strict regulations like aerospace or medical devices.

 

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“FDA regulatory standards require traceability, which includes not only the components and finished goods, but the ability to audit the entire process from cradle to grave. SAP Business One facilitates all of this, giving us the visibility we need to achieve our rigorous QA standards and meet all FDA guidelines.”

– Justin Ku, Administration & Operations Coordinator, Swabplus

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Bruce Goldsmith, Family Owner, Baronet Coffee

Bruce Goldsmith, Family Owner

“Anyone you tell that you’re going to a new ERP system, they all give you that ‘pained look.’ To think that we’re on a year from when we did discovery to now three months into our live implementation, and all we’re working on is some fine-tuning. Some of these fine-tuning tasks are those little things that make our life so much easier, but this wasn’t what I expected when we went live because people told me so many horror stories. I was thankful for the effort on both Softengine and Baronet teams.”

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Jason Dugan, CFO, Trudeau Distributing Company

Softengine has been a key contributor to our rollout of SAP Business One. The company's consultants were excellent and helped ensure that we had a successful implementation.

Leonard Kang, Operations Manager, Christopher Lena

We decided to find a partner we could put our trust in. Softengine is very experienced and systemized in its approach. We were very confident we’d made the right choice. Small businesses might be intimidated by SAP software. What they don’t realize is that SAP offers solutions designed specifically for small to midsize companies like ours.

Ray Lacorte, VP of Operations, Choice Organic Teas

We feel like we are in great hands with Softengine and the SAP Business One system they installed. It’s nice to finally put all those unreliable ERP systems and redundant procedures in the rear-view mirror.

Justin Ku, Administration & Operations Coordinator, Swabplus

The Softengine team was able to tailor SAP Business One to deliver all the traceability Swabplus needed, including all the applicable reports. Softengine enhanced the core system to enable creation of new batch numbers if components don’t already have them and the option of batch-costing. They also added fields for escalation dates, expiration dates and additional inspection data (e.g., who inspected and when), which could be incorporated into each Certificate of Analysis.

Virginia J. Gregorian, COO, Turbo Wholesale Tires

Our experience with Softengine has been extremely positive. Any time we call for assistance, they always assign someone who’s highly professional and gets the job done quickly. Interestingly enough, I’ve become so much more educated about IT-related matters since working with the Softengine team on this project. Every time we need to upgrade the system, they walk me though all the steps to make sure that I completely understand what’s happening, which contributes to the overall success of the upgrade. It’s been a pleasure to work with them.