Who is concerned with the ATeCQ services?
• Supermarket chains,
• Manufacturers,
• Import/export companies.
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Manufacturers selection and follow-up with factory audits
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• Accreditation audit: for the registration of suppliers relating to the ATeCQ requirements, evaluation criteria or a specific customer quality framework.
• Follow-up audit: visiting a factory following a planned schedule to reach the required quality level.
• Preparatory audit for suppliers: help and preparation for an accreditation audit asked by a supermarket chain
• Mock audit for the version 2000 ISO 9001 certification
• For sensorial analysis laboratories: 17025 ISO accreditation audit, according to the 133 COFRAC programme
• BRC Consumer Product (British Retail Consortium) audit
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An audit is carried out according to the following steps:
• Preparatory step using the documents required from the audited factory. (Pre-audit form)
• Audit carried out relating to the contractor quality framework or the ATeCQ one, as follows:
- going through documents,
- visiting the factory following the product's flow,
- indicating actions to be undertaken,
• ATeCQ sends the audit report and the action plan in French and/or English if required within 2 weeks
• ATeCQ checks and follows up the changes carried out by the factory, in accordance with the schedule given by ATeCQ
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The exclusive ATeCQ quality framework has been specially designed to meet ISO (9001, 14001, OHSAS, SD 21000) standards and supermarket chains requirements.
The manufacturer evaluation is carried out taking into account more than 150 check points concerning:
• quality assurance,
• environmental norms,
• legal requirements,
• cleanliness and hygiene,
• staff and goods safety,
• organisation and mastery of the process,
• controls,
• logistics
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Help/advice
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• Help defining the quality level of supermarket chain products
• Create, validate and update the specifications or the technical sheet of the product.
• Help writing label technical and legal texts + marking
• Expertise, processing, and follow-up of consumer complaints
• Assistance in the recording REACH / chemicals substances
• Quality follow-up implementations of supermarket chain productso Technical help
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• Help referencing in supermarket chains
• Set an internal quality system
• Train up and set acquainted with specific supermarket chain requirements
• Preparatory audits
• Help setting up ISO 9001 certification and 17025 accreditation
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Products training
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These training sessions are defined taking into account your specific needs, manufacturing processes, check points, and European legal requirements.
Who is concerned with these training sessions?
- The suppliers, to meet the supermarket chains requirements better.
- The supermarket chains, to point out the weaknesses of their products.
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