What is the BSCI RSP authorization?

The prerequisite for an enterprise to do BSCI certification is that it must have the final seller of BSCI members, and it must obtain the approval of the final buyer in advance (i.e., RSP authorization) before applying for BSCI certification. The factory can allow the seller to register the factory information, and after registration, a factory database number, that is, a DBID number, will be produced in the BSCI database. Next, the BSCI member buyer will authorize the factory with an RSP before the factory can begin the audit process.

If the enterprise can pass the BSCI factory certification, then it can win more orders in the fierce business competition, so how to pass the BSCI factory inspection, how to improve the BSCI factory inspection pass rate, has become a headache for many factories, because the BSCI factory inspection is strict, once there are some errors, it will lead to the failure of the BSCI factory inspection.

Improve the elements of BSCI factory inspection.

1. Make the required documents in advance.

BSCI factory audit requires a lot of documents, which are very important for BSCI factory inspection to pass. These materials generally include financial information, employee information, the responsibilities of senior executives and the proof of compliance with the BSCI Code of Conduct, the proof of BSCI training for employees, the certificate of BSCI training for employees, the safety assessment certificate, subcontractor information and other production-related materials, sorting out the materials in advance, ensuring that the materials are complete and tidy is one of the necessary conditions to improve the pass rate of BSCI factory audit.

2.Do training and self-assessment.

Because the BSCI factory audit is a comprehensive inspection of all aspects of the enterprise, in addition to the environment and equipment and facilities, but also to inspect the employees, therefore, the employees of the enterprise do a good job in BSCI training, and through the questionnaire form to do a good job of self-assessment and review, timely correction of mistakes.

3.On the day of the factory inspection, it is necessary to ensure that there are no problems in the post.

The day of the factory inspection is a very important day, all the preparations are for the passage of the day, the company should require each post not to appear some unnecessary things on the day, in addition, for the blade such as more dangerous tools must be fixed in a safe position to ensure that each post does not have any problems.

These three points will greatly improve the passage of a company's BSCI audit, of course, we have many other details that need to be paid attention to.

The process of applying for BSCI factory inspection is as follows:

1. Registration: The factory can get a unique DBAD number after completing the registration on the BSCI system. The end customer is a BSCI member:

The end customer assists in the registration of the factory: The end customer is not a member of BSCI: you can contact a professional audit body to assist the factory in registration.

2. RSP authorization: The final customer, or the assisting audit agency, authorizes the factory in the BSCI system and divides the factory into its own business group. After completing the RSP authorization, the BSCI official website will send the username and password required for the factory login system to the factory by email.

3. Confirmation: After determining the audit agency for the audit of the factory, the customer will confirm the operation in the BSCI system, and only the audit agency authorized by the customer can conduct the audit.

4. Payment: After the BSCI factory inspection application is completed, the payment will be made to the audit agency and wait for it to come to the factory for on-site audit.

BSCI stands for Business Social Compliance InitiativeBSCI is a social responsibility organization that requires companies to use the BSCI monitoring system to continuously improve social responsibility standards in their production facilities around the world.

In the face of BSC certification pointed out by customers, many factories do not know what the BSCI certification process is, so briefly introduce it:

BSCI Pre-Audit Process.

1.Before applying for a review, you'll need to ask your customers to understand their requirements in detail. Including: whether your client is a BSC member, whether your client has a designated auditor, and whether the audit type is notification audit or unannounced audit.

2.Audit results required. The results are divided into five levels of ABCDE, rather than the first three. Generally, the first three pass, and the last two do not.

3.Ask a tutor to guide you to assess the current state of your factory and make sure it passes. It is recommended that you prepare at least a month in advance.

4.Obtain a BSC audit application form.

5.Agree on a review time. The specific review time generally needs to be determined one week in advance.

6.According to the official requirements, the audit report should be uploaded to the BSCI system within 10 working days after the completion of the audit. If you are in a hurry to ship or receive a report and receive an order, you need to apply or request to attend the exhibition in advance.

Review the company's expedited report. Additional fees may apply.

BSCI factory inspection site process.

First meeting: Introduce the purpose, timing and operation methods of the audit, list the required content, a list of documents, specific details of the on-site audit and employee interviews, and questions from the factory representatives.

On-site audit: The auditor conducts a series of inspections on on-site fire protection facilities, mechanical equipment maintenance, ventilation and lighting in the work area, environmental protection, etc., to ensure that the above items meet the audit and verification standards of the factory inspection.

Document review: The auditor inspects the documents of the factory according to the requirements of the factory inspection, mainly including the production records such as employees' wages, working hours records, and employee information. All documents need to be kept for at least 12 months, and at least three months of records for new factories.

Employee interviews: A list of employee interviews is randomly selected from on-site and personnel data, which is mainly biased towards some young and honest employees. Employee interviews are conducted independently, and no intervention is allowed by factory representatives.

General Audit Meeting: The auditors will issue an interim audit report according to the severity of the problem, summarizing the problems existing in the factory and the places that need to be improved. If necessary, they may need to follow up on the audit.

1. Registration. When the factory receives an email from the customer requesting the factory to do BSCI inspection, it must first register in the BSCI system and get the unique DBID number of Shenghe factory.

1) If your client is a member of BSCI.

The customer can help the factory register in the BSCI official website system;

2) If your client is not a member of BSCI.

You will need to find a third-party auditor or consulting firm to help you complete the registration.

The factory needs to first send the email sent by the customer requesting the factory to do BSCI factory inspection** to the third-party audit agency, and then the audit agency will send a ** to the factory, so that the factory can fill in its basic information, and finally the audit agency will help the factory register in the BSCI system according to the content filled in.

Note! When choosing an audit agency to help the factory register, the factory must understand whether the customer has a designated audit body, if so, choose a designated audit body for registration, if not, you can choose by the factory itself or seek a consulting company to help you register.

2. RSP authorization operation.

After completing the RSP authorization operation, the BSCI official website will send the username and password required for the factory to log in to the BSCI system in the form of email.

3. Request operation.

After determining which auditor will audit the factory, the customer will perform a confirmation operation in the BSCI system, and only the auditor authorized by the customer can audit the factory.

After the above series of operations are completed, the application for BSCI factory inspection is completed, and then you only need to pay to the audit agency and wait for the audit agency to come to the factory for on-site audit.

The BSCI inspection process is as follows:

Step 1: Contact the customer to proceed.

The BSCI factory inspection process is as follows:

Step 1: Contact the customer for authorization review (RSP);

Step 2: Contact (designate) an authorized auditor;

Step 3: Fill in the BSCI certification audit application form;

Step 4: Pay the audit fee and wait for the confirmation of the audit agency's scheduling;

Step 5: Prepare for the audit;

Step 6: Formal review;

Step 7: Log in to BSCI official website to check the audit results;

Step 8: Rectification of BSCI certification audit report (CAP).

Note: Starting from January 2017, BSCI will no longer fully announce the review time, but will implement a semi-announced audit method. When the BSCI end customer approves the review, the BSCI system automatically defaults to semi-announced, and if the customer has a clear request, it can be manually changed to fully announced.

In addition, the length of the schedule audit time window is also determined by the end customer.