{"id":795,"date":"2013-11-21T15:07:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T15:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/?p=795"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T11:33:16","slug":"an-introduction-to-auditing-the-how-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/an-introduction-to-auditing-the-how-why\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Auditing &#8211; The How &#038; Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We saw this video posted recently and thought it was such an excellent introduction to audits that we had to share.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The How and Why of Auditing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mVOhfvEI4ho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also written a few articles related to auditing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/preparing-for-an-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preparing for an Audit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/top-3-key-audit-components\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 3 Factory Audit Components<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/services\/factory-supplier-audits\/social-and-ethical-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Accountability Audits\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/services\/factory-supplier-audits\/supplier-verification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainability Audits<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We saw this video posted recently and thought it was such an excellent introduction to audits that we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[62,63,101,17,222],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-factory-audit","tag-audit","tag-audits","tag-factory-audits","tag-quality","tag-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An Introduction to Auditing, The How &amp; Why - Pro QC Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch a video showing an excellent introduction to audits, why is it required? 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