{"supplier":{"name":"Heinrich Fasteners GmbH","registration":"HRB 78421 Amtsgericht Düsseldorf — VAT DE312845221","site_address":"Industriestraße 47, 40599 Düsseldorf, Germany","country_code":"DE"},"audit_type":"on_site","audit_date":"2026-03-18","auditor_team":["Marc Dewinter — Lead Auditor (Acme Procurement, ISO 19011 trained)","Laura De Smet — Quality Auditor (Acme QC)","External: Dr. J. Becker — Sedex SMETA-trained auditor (TÜV Rheinland — observer for the labour-conditions module)"],"scope":{"standards_covered":["ISO 9001:2015 — Quality management system (full QMS, focus on clauses 7.5, 8.4 and 8.6)","IATF 16949:2016 — Customer-specific quality requirements for the automotive lots supplied to Acme","Acme Supplier Code of Conduct v3 (2026-01) — labour, health & safety, environment, ethics modules","EN 10204:2004 — Inspection documents for metallic products (mill certificates 3.1)","Reg. (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) and Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS) compliance for fasteners supplied"]},"methodology_prose":"Two-day on-site audit per ISO 19011:2018: opening meeting with management, plant tour (incoming → production → outgoing inspection), document review (QMS procedures, control plans, last 12 months' NCR records, training records, calibration records), 8 confidential worker interviews (random selection across shifts, FR/DE/EN/PL languages with interpretation), and closing meeting with corrective-action commitments. Sample size set per ISO 19011 Annex A.5 (medium-risk supplier, 130 production employees → 8 interviews; 20 production records sampled per process). All findings notified verbally at the closing meeting and confirmed in this report.","findings":[{"id":"F-2026-001","area":"Warehouse — stock rotation (FIFO/FEFO)","observation":"Stock rotation in finished-goods rack F-12 not consistently FIFO. 4 sampled SKUs (M8 zinc-plated screws, M10 stainless A2) showed older lots positioned behind newer lots, increasing risk of expired lot certificates being shipped out of sequence. Risk currently mitigated by ERP allocation logic at picking but visual indicator absent on rack.","severity":"major","evidence_reference":"Audit photo set ACM-AR-2026-018 photos 12–17; stock-rotation procedure HF-WH-005 rev. 3 §4.2","recommendation":"Implement visual FIFO indicators on racks F-12 and F-14, repeat operator training on the FIFO procedure, and add a monthly random FIFO sample to the warehouse KPI scorecard.","owner":"Heinrich Warehouse Manager (T. Krause)","target_date":"2026-06-30","status":"open"},{"id":"F-2026-002","area":"Quality — release of products (ISO 9001:2015 §8.6)","observation":"Two lots in Q1 2026 (lots SUP-HF-LOT-2026-0287 and -0312) were released to shipping before the final mill certificate was countersigned by QC. Certificates were signed retrospectively the next working day, but the documented release procedure HF-QC-007 §6 requires sign-off prior to release. Customer impact nil (Acme received the certificates with the goods).","severity":"major","evidence_reference":"Lot files SUP-HF-LOT-2026-0287, SUP-HF-LOT-2026-0312; release log Q1 2026 entries 117 and 142","recommendation":"Block ASN generation in the WMS until the QC e-signature is captured on the mill certificate. Update procedure HF-QC-007 and re-train the 4 QC operators on the locked workflow. Monitor as 100% inspection for 3 months.","owner":"Heinrich QC Lead (Dr. A. Hoffmann)","target_date":"2026-05-31","status":"open"},{"id":"F-2026-003","area":"Health & Safety — PPE compliance","observation":"Two operators in the heat-treatment zone observed without the required cut-resistant gloves (EN 388:2016 level 4544C) for a brief period (estimated 4 minutes). Other PPE (safety shoes, eye protection, hearing protection) compliant. Operators corrected on the spot.","severity":"minor","evidence_reference":"Auditor observation 2026-03-18 14:32 CET, station HT-2; PPE policy HF-HS-002 §3","recommendation":"Reinforce the toolbox talk on PPE at the next safety stand-down (already monthly) and add a PPE compliance spot-check to the supervisor's daily round.","owner":"Heinrich H&S Officer (R. Müller)","target_date":"2026-04-30","status":"in_progress"}],"overall_conclusion":"conditional_pass","corrective_action_plan_due":"2026-04-15","auditor_signatory":{"name":"Marc Dewinter","role":"Lead Auditor — Acme Procurement","date":"2026-03-25"}}