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Accredited vs. Non-Accredited – What’s the big deal?

impartiality. Each standard includes guidelines to
determine the length of an audit, including
number of employees, number and complexity of
product lines, risk level of products, auditor
competency, etc. Promising half-day or over-the-
phone inspections to companies of all sizes does
not provide a verifiable commitment to
conformance to the standard and continuous
improvement in processes, practices and
customer satisfaction. Companies, consumers,
and the government can have confidence in
third-party certification with oversight. Accredited
certification bodies cannot allow any impartiality
or conflict of interest to appear. They have to be
certification bodies or consultants, not both.

 Knowledgeable Auditors. Auditors representing
accredited certification bodies are benchmarked
to prescriptive requirements from certification
boards (i.e.: IATF, Exemplar Global and IRCA).
At EAGLE, our auditors meet, and often exceed
these requirements with their industry and
business knowledge and experience.

In addition to being technically educated in areas
of quality, environmental practices and safety,
EAGLE’s auditors focus on fully understanding
the businesses they audit to provide practical
evaluations – adding value and the latest industry
knowledge on the requirements. EAGLE also
provides ongoing training that includes
communication skills on how to effectively and

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