Achilles are introducing Management System Audits to the Nordic region.
Management Systems Audits have been designed to help organisations to address the risks inherent in today’s complex business environment. Focused on an organisation’s suppliers that are critical to the supply chain, they will enable buyers to better utilize expertise to ensure that performance requirements will be met.
Halvard Homme, the Nordic Regional Director of Achilles said, “To be able to help our customers to manage their supplier information and risk is a priority for us. Buyers need to know what's going on with suppliers and contractors and the only way to do this is through an effective audit programme. A whole range of risks should be audited, and Achilles are geared to ensure they are the right ones for the buying organisation we work with."
Achilles Group conducts 8000 audits yearly around the world with several different industry sectors. In these sectors, audit has become a natural extension to the assurance process being provided by Achilles through its pre-qualification services.
The benefits of audit are twofold. When a buyer has clear visibility of their suppliers’ capability and competence, and evidence of their compliance to industry standards and laws, they are better equipped to identify and reduce risk in the supply chain. For the suppliers being audited, they are able to demonstrate their company’s strengths and compliance with an opportunity to identify and plan continuous improvement actions.
Halvard Homme, the Nordic Regional Director of Achilles said, “We are delighted to bring our joint audit capacity to the Nordic region and in this way to be able to offer more comprehensive supplier risk management service to our customers whilst also raising the industry standard."