Common use of Audit / Access Rights Clause in Contracts

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. 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 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.