Practice area

Certification, Quality & Compliance

Preparing, structuring and improving your management systems all the way to the certification audit.

Who it is for

Businesses
Farms
Cooperatives
Professional organisations
Projects
Agri-food value chains

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Purpose of this practice

CEADSA helps organisations prepare, structure and improve their management and compliance systems to meet the requirements of the relevant standards and certification schemes.

What we actually do

Diagnosis & gap analysis

Identifying the standard best suited to the organisation’s goals
Initial diagnosis, gap analysis and assessment of existing practices
Compliance action plan

Compliance & structuring

Drafting and formalising procedures
Monitoring tools, traceability and documentation systems
Indicators, control systems and team training

Audit preparation

Internal audits and mock audits
Identifying and addressing non-conformities
Preparing teams for certification audits and continuous improvement

CEADSA acts as an advisory and support firm up to audit preparation. Certification itself is granted exclusively by an independent, competent certification body.

What the project can provide

These are possible deliverables to be agreed according to your project’s scope and objectives.

Requirements analysis

Review the selected standard and clarify requirements relevant to the organisation’s activities.

Gap assessment

Assess practices, documents and available evidence against the agreed scope.

Compliance action plan

Define corrective actions, priorities and responsibilities to organise preparation.

Audit preparation file

Structure processes and evidence that help teams prepare for external assessment.

From the first conversation to project scoping

Collaboration starts with shared needs and an explicit scope.

Understand the request

Identify objectives, context, stakeholders and open questions.

Define the scope

Clarify activities, deliverables, working arrangements and resources.

Build a proposal

Agree on an approach, timeline and validation criteria before starting.

Scoping this expertise

Discuss your needs

Does support automatically lead to certification?

Certification decisions belong to the competent body and depend on its assessment. Support focuses on diagnosis, structuring and organisational preparation.

Do we need to have selected a standard?

Share the standard if identified, along with customer or market expectations. Scoping clarifies the requirements to examine and the preparation scope.

Let’s discuss your needs

Share your context with us: we will propose a tailored approach, from study to implementation.