Audit / Access Rights. GGB has the right to conduct an audit to determine whether the customer's requirements regarding the supplier's management system have been implemented. The audit can be conducted as a system, process or product audit and must be agreed in good time before planned implementation. The audit can be carried out by GGB itself or by third parties commissioned to do so. Reasonable restrictions on the supplier's ability to safeguard its trade secrets are accepted. The supplier grants GGB and its customers as well as regulatory agencies/authorities, e.g. BWB, LBA, the right to convince themselves of the effectiveness of the supplier's quality assurance system (e.g. through system, process or product audits) on site at any reasonable time and to participate in tests of the subjects of performance. In the event of the occurrence of errors and/or potential for improvement, the supplier undertakes to work actively on the correction/optimization of errors and to provide all necessary documents for inspection without delay, if requested. In the case of subcontracting, this requirement must be passed on to the subcontractors. GGB must be informed of the assignment of a subcontractor. If the supplier uses subcontractors to fulfil his contractual obligations, he must integrate their supply share into his QM system and audit them periodically in a suitable manner. This also applies if subcontractors have been prescribed by the customer. Alternatively, GGB may accept audit results from third parties.
Audit / Access Rights. Once per Program Year or at any time that a party disputes the amount of any monies owed by either party to the other hereunder, such party, at its sole cost and expense and upon three (3) Business Days' prior notice to the other party, may conduct an audit of those of the other party's financial and operational records that are under the control and/or direction of the other party and relate to the Program or can be reasonably segregated. Such audit shall be conducted during normal business hours in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the auditing party shall employ such reasonable procedures and methods as necessary and appropriate in the circumstances, minimizing interference with the audited party's normal business operations. The audited party shall use reasonable commercial efforts to facilitate the auditing party's review, including making reasonably available such personnel of the audited party to assist the auditing party as reasonably requested. The audited party shall deliver any document or instrument necessary for the auditing party to obtain such records from any Person maintaining records for the audited party and shall maintain records pursuant to its regular record retention policies. For purposes of this provision, the audited party also shall be required to provide records relating to the Program held by Persons performing services in connection with the Program at the auditing party's request. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, however, a party shall not be required to provide access to records to the extent that (a) such access is prohibited by Applicable Law, (b) such records are legally privileged, (c) such records are confidential or proprietary internal records, such as company planning documents of such party or any of its Affiliates, operating budgets, management reviews or employee records, or (d) such records relate to other customers or operations of such party other than the Program or to personnel records not normally disclosed in connection with audits.
Audit / Access Rights. 16.1. PP shall have the right to have demonstrated through either a visit to Supplier site or by an acknowledged third party audit, with reasonable notice, compliance by Supplier with: (i) PP’s manufacturing specifications, (ii) Product & Packaging Specifications, (iii) use of Product Intellectual Property, (iv) quality specifications, (v) Tooling and (vi) any other terms of this Framework Agreement or a Business Agreement.
16.2. For as long as PP has a material exposure in relation to the same, all relevant records witnessing of the relationship between Supplier and PP shall be retained. On simple request, Supplier shall provide PP full access to such records.
16.3. PP has the right to use external consultants to perform audits at PP’s cost.
