What is an SQAS or CDI MPC audit?

SQAS enables chemical companies to have the quality and safety management systems of their logistic service providers assessed in a uniform manner, thereby avoiding multiple assessments by individual chemical companies. The results of an SQAS assessment, carried out by an independent body, do not lead to a certificate but are used by an individual chemical company to evaluate the performance of its service providers. SQAS helps, along with other tools and criteria, in the process of selecting service suppliers and in defining improvement areas with each of them.

It offers a two-sided mechanism for promoting and monitoring continuous improvement. On the one hand the service provider gets impartial information on his strengths and weaknesses; on the other hand a chemical company that has evaluated the assessment results, is offered the opportunity to provide customer-specific feedback. In this way the SQAS approach greatly helps to create or strengthen the basis for a true partnership between the two parties.

SQAS surpasses the requirements of ISO and covers all the valid regulations and management principles for transport services in its Catalogue of Questions.

All the relevant quality, safety, health and environmental aspects are examined and assessed at the review. This results in a strength and weakness profile of the organization and a report or confirmation of the completed procedure. Then specific measures for optimizing the system can be derived. SQAS serves to objectively identify / assess the actual state with the aim to intensify and improve the partnership between the client and contractor.

The results of the successfull SQAS/CDI-MPC assessment can be downloaded on the http://www.cdi-mpc.org/