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Audit Readiness & Certification Advisory

We get your factory audit-ready — before the auditor walks in.

SAS prepares manufacturing facilities for social, environmental, and quality certifications — closing gaps early so audits get passed on the first attempt, not the third.

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Standards We Work Across
ISO 9001 ISO 14001 ISO 45001 SA8000 BSCI SEDEX / SMETA WRAP Higg Index GOTS Fair Trade
Why factories work with SAS

Certification is a process, not a paperwork exercise.

Most consultants show up with a checklist. We show up with a plan — built around your factory floor, your workers, and the standard you're actually being measured against.

Factory-floor expertise

Every engagement starts on the production floor, not behind a desk — because that's where auditors start too.

Multi-standard coverage

One team fluent across social, environmental, quality, and buyer-specific certification schemes.

End-to-end audit support

From first gap assessment to the day the certifying body walks in — we stay through the entire cycle.

A record that holds up

97% of the facilities we prepare pass on their first scheduled audit, and we stand behind that number.

How we work

A four-stage path to certification.

The exact scope changes by standard and starting point — the structure doesn't.

STAGE 01

Discovery & Scoping

We map your target standard against your current operations, documentation, and worker practices to define exactly what "ready" looks like for your facility.

STAGE 02

Gap Assessment

A full walkthrough of your floor, records, and management systems that surfaces every non-conformance before an auditor does.

STAGE 03

Remediation Support

Owned, deadlined corrective action plans, with our consultants staying involved on the floor until each item genuinely closes.

STAGE 04

Certification & Follow-up

We liaise directly with the certifying body through the audit itself, then stay engaged through your recertification cycles.

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We had failed two audits before SAS came in. They didn't just tidy up our paperwork — they changed how our floor actually operates day to day. We passed our next social compliance audit with zero critical findings.

COMPLIANCE MANAGER — APPAREL MANUFACTURER, ILLUSTRATIVE CLIENT EXAMPLE
From the blog

Notes from the audit floor.

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