Audits & Inspections

The Software Suite is an important tool to help environmental professionals manage all aspects of their audit and inspection programs. For clarity, here is how we define audits versus inspections:

Audits	Inspections
Less Frequent   More formalized   Larger scale/scope   Often system or program based	Frequent, repeating   Large number of inspectors/inspections per year     Focused/specific   Often equipment or area based

ACS is a compliance management solution for companies and their suppliers. With its audit and compliance self assessment functionalities, the solution helps companies obtain and maintain ISO type certifications.

Key Functionalities & Benefits of the Audits & Inspections Module:

• Checklist creation and audit protocols from normative (ISO, OHSAS, MASE, ILO…), regulatory (social, environmental, national and local regulations), and customized (codes of conduct) standards
• Schedule and launch internal and supplier audits and self-assessments
• Non-conformities and recommendations reporting
• Compliance analysis and dashboards
• Preventive and corrective action plan management
• Set up inspection programs to help identify and control risks and comply with legal and other requirements
• Collect and record all of your various audit and inspection related details, simplifying audit/inspection recordkeeping
• Accelerate communication and action with automated workflows such as automatic email notifications for non-conformances
• Ensure that all actions and items resulting from an audit are satisfactorily completed and closed
• Provide inspection administrators with a central access point to view and manage their full inspection program, including completion status and history of the related findings and actions
• Generate effective reports to review audit/inspection results

Key Components

The features of this module are grouped in the following categories:

• Creating & Managing Environmental Audits
• Creating & Managing Environmental Inspections
• Audits & Inspections Metrics
• Integration Points