Streamlining Your International Certification Deployments

Globally extended enterprises can streamline resources and gain significant savings of time and money with a customized international certification audit. The large scale of this type of audit, combined with different local languages and business practices, necessitates partnering with a certification body capable of consistently meeting your certification needs no matter where your business entities are located. A customized international certification audit can be performed for single or grouped standards. 

The Benefits to Your Organization:
Companies who implement customized international certification audits gain across-the-board efficiencies through:

 Reduced number of certification bodies to a single service provider;
 Possibility to combine different referentials in the same auditing program, thereby reducing the disruption of daily operations, auditing man hours and travel logistics;
 The consolidation of its multiple certificates into a single certificate; and
 Higher consistency of systems management (quality, environment, social responsibility etc.) throughout the company. 

As a result, your entire enterprise will operate and perform at a higher level, benefiting internal and external stakeholders. 

Why Choose Bureau Veritas Certification?

Bureau Veritas Certification has a proven track record managing customized international audits with companies like IBM and Sony.
Bureau Veritas Certification is recognized by more than 30 national and international accreditation bodies across the world to deliver management system certifications such as:
 ISO 9001 Quality Management
 ISO 14001 Environment Management
 OHSAS 18001 Health & Safety Management
 ISO/TS 16949 Automotive Quality Management
 SA 8000 Social Accountability
 ISO 27001 Information Security
 And more…

Moreover, Bureau Veritas Certification is a world leader with approximately 80,000 certified companies in 100 countries.

Our success is based upon a close working partnership, focused on driving your business forward.

Bureau Veritas Certification strength lies not only in its global presence, but the combined skills of our team of 5,700 specially trained auditors.

Bureau Veritas Certification offers the possibility of combined certifications incorporating a wide range of recognized standards, bringing consistency, optimization and efficiency.

FAQ:
Q: What is the main benefit for an organization to undergo a customized international audit with a unique combined audit solution, single worldwide certification body, and one global certificate? 
A:  Cost savings. Within this audit configuration, Bureau Veritas Certification has been able to reduce certification and audit-related costs down 40-50 percent for some clients. This is due to the efficient audit process we use. 

Q: What are some examples of how you build efficiency into customized international audits? 
A: Bureau Veritas Certification uses various auditing processes to increase efficiency including:
 Using sites sampling for cost effectiveness;
 Having a dedicated project management team drive the audit;
 Leveraging appropriate audit-related training;
 Minimizing training costs with e-learning, such as online courses and webinars;
 Optimising interferences with normal activities;
 Using a uniform standards interpretation across your network; and
 Employing new auditing techniques such as e-auditing.