amfori QMI Audits: Elevating Your Quality Managements
Ensure that your suppliers meet high quality standards by assessing and improving manufacturing and management practices in your supply chain under a recognized amfori framework.
amfori QMI (Quality Management Initiative) audits are available to amfori members who are committed to improving the quality and efficiency of their supply chains. QIMA’s amfori QMI audits help you reduce costs and make it easier and more efficient to assess critical elements of your supply chain.
On this page, you’ll learn:
What is an amfori QMI Audit?
QIMA amfori QMI Audit Expertise
Why Perform an amfori QMI Audit?
QIMA Benefits
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What is an amfori QMI Audit?
Launched in 2022, amfori QMI provides structured tools and methodologies to evaluate and enhance manufacturing processes and management practices, ensuring they meet specific quality and operational standards.
The initiative was established in response to amfori members’ need for an integrated strategic approach to address global buyers’ challenges, such as duplicated auditing efforts, wasted resources, inconsistent assessments, and overall confusion.
An audit to ensure compliance with the amfori QMI assessment tools must be conducted by an approved amfori QMI Service Provider and involves a thorough on-site assessment of supplier facilities by professional technical auditors.
QIMA amfori QMI Audit Expertise
As an approved provider of amfori QMI audits, QIMA is proud to offer comprehensive audit programs to brands and retailers across industries. We are also approved to audit for other amfori initiatives, such as amfori BSCI.
Our qualified auditors will verify the compliance of your supplier’s facilities with all requirements of the amfori QMI assessment tool including:
Production capacity
Technical competence
Testing capacity
Why Perform an amfori QMI Audit?
An amfori QMI audit provides numerous benefits to buyers, producers, factories, and others in your supply chain.
| amfori Member / Buyer | Producer / Factory |
|---|---|
| Reduce overall resource expenditure on producer assessments and eliminate duplication of factory audits. | Avoid audit fatigue and reduce audit costs. |
| Adopt an integrated approach to managing sustainable buyer-supplier relationships through amfori’s one-stop platform. | Effectively manage multiple audits with a common auditing tool via amfori, linking to visible return-on-investment (ROI). |
| Utilize a common standard to benchmark and identify sustainable producers. | Continuously improve quality management capabilities for sustainable production. |
| Strategically monitor the quality management capabilities of multiple producers through a multi-dimensional approach. | Build and maintain customer retention, trust, and satisfaction |
QIMA Benefits
In-depth local knowledge with auditors attuned to the culture, laws and practices of their region.
CSR experts receive regular training on regulations and best practice.
Global coverage across 100 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America.
Continuous improvement approach drives long-term change and empowers suppliers to act.
Online program management book audits, make payments and download detailed reports.
Custom compliance dashboard to assess supplier performance, track progress and visualize your supply network.
