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VENDOR / MANUFACTURER AUDIT REPORT
Audit Report Number: WO6103
Audit Date: 25 & 26 December 2020
Auditor Name: Luan Shiquang
VENDOR/MANUFACTURER: Shanghai Feiting Pipe Manufacturing Ltd
Registered Company Name and Address: Shanghai Feiting Pipe Manufacturing Ltd
NO.85,Shande Road, Jinshan District, Shanghai, China
Company Registration Number: 91310116752470718F
Country Where Registered: China
CLIENT: Audit performed on behalf of Mssrs: Boustead International Heaters Limited
Main product(s) related to the audit: Low Alloy Steel Return Bends & AS End Caps
INTRODUCTION
This Vendor Audit Report is relative to the production systems employed by the vendor in the manufacture of Low
Alloy Steel Bends & AS End Caps.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this document is to make an evaluation of the capability of the manufacturer to produce a product
within a consistent acceptable manufacturing process. It shall also verify that the manufacturers “Quality
Management System” – Production Stage Inspection and Stage Testing Procedures, Facilities and Production
Equipment are acceptable to the client.
PROTOCOL
An audit visit to the manufacturer must be pre–announced to ensure that:-
Contact persons are named and available during audit proceedings.
All other relevant personnel are also available and aware that audit proceedings are to take place.
All relevant documentation shall be made available to the auditor upon request.
All production and test equipment intended for use during the manufacturing process must be made available and
current calibration certification for such production and test equipment must also be made available at the request
of the auditor.
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CONTENTS
This document covers the following activities:
1.0 OPENING MEETING - GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VENDOR.
2.0 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE.
3.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE.
4.0 WELDING / WELDING CONTROLS.
MATERIAL CONTROL AND QUALITY CONTROL.
5.0 HSE / SHOP TOUR
6.0 CLOSING SUMMARY.
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OPENING MEETING
1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION
The auditor, Mr Luan Shiquang explained the audit was being performed for Qtech Control on behalf of Boustead
International Heaters Limited.
The auditor explained the agenda and scope of audit and confirmed that any information or documents provided
during the visit would held strictly confidentially and would not be released to any other party other than our client
BIHL.
The auditor also advised the audit report format which he would be submitting upon completion of the audit.
1.1 Manufacturer’s Representatives present during audit.
Name: Lu Xiaohua Position: Sales Manager
Name: Xi Miao Position: Sales Engineer
Name: Huang Changwu Position: Technical Manager
Name: Eric Zhao Position: Sales Engineer
Name: Sajeesh M. Position: Pre-qualification& documentation
Name: Wang Ruxin Position: Project Manager
Name: Shi Yongfeng Position: Admin. Department (HSE)
Name: Zhou Shilei Position: QA Engineer
2.0 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
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2.1 Management and Organization Structure:
Please list the number of departments and permanently employed staff per department:
According to Feiting, there are totally 228 employees working for Feiting Pipe including management and
staff in workshop until Oct. 2020;
please refer to the attached Organization Structure and All Department Employees Data;
Department Branched Depart. Employees Remarks
Management 8
Administration 13 Including HSE business
Financial 5
Production Assistant 15
Production
Workshop 80
Supply and Marketing 18
Technical 7
QA&QC 22
Certified Management 1
Sales 60 For Feiting Group
2.2 ISO 9001 Quality Management and ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems:
Does the Manufacturer have a documented Policy and Manual for:
QUALITY YES NO
Does the Manufacturer hold current ISO 9001 accreditation? YES NO
If YES please advise the Certification Body and Certificate Number. Please obtain a copy of the certificate.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT YES NO
Does the Manufacturer hold current ISO 14001 accreditation? YES NO
Please refer to attached Quality & HSE Manual and certificate copies;
If YES please advise the Certification Body and Certificate Number. Please obtain a copy of the certificate.
Type of certificate Certification Body Certificate Number Valid date
ISO 9001:2015 American Petroleum Institute 2245 Jan 30th 2021
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Quality Register (APIQR)
ISO14001:2015 SGS CN08/21381 Aug 26th 2023
ISO45001:2018 SGS CN20/21109 Aug 17th 2023
API Specification Q1 American Petroleum Institute Q1-2157 Jan 30th 2021
PED 2014/68/EU TUV NORD 07/202/9030/WZ/2199/20 Jan 2023
Manufacture License General Administration of TS2710H16-2021 Feb 6th 2021
of Special Equipment quality supervision,
inspection and quarantine
of the people's republic of
China
Does the Manufacturer regularly perform internal quality audits of its Quality and Environmental Management
Systems and regularly check that all documented procedures, including those for certification, are followed?
YES NO
Details: internal audit is conducted by every 6 months; The latest one was conducted in Dec 2020 and all the
actions are being implemented, and the earlier audit was conducted in March, and the auditor reviewed the audit
plan and its records. It is noted that NCRs have been issued, analysed and actions have been taken and closed;
Pls refer to the attached internal audit records, report NO. PRZB-17-1901;
2.3 Quality Standards - ASME / PED / EN1090:
Does the Manufacturer have copies of the latest standards:
ASME? YES NO
If YES please advise details of the version and revision number held?
Auditor randomly selected the standard below and Feiting provides:
ASME SA234-2019
ASME B16.9-2018
ASME B16.25-2017
PED? YES NO
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If YES please advise details of the version and revision number held?
Feiting has been qualified as PED 2014/68/EU by TUV Nord;
EN1090? YES NO
If YES please advise details of the version and revision number held?
How does the Manufacturer check to ensure that it holds and uses the latest versions of the standards?
Specific person from technical department is in charge for review the latest standards and download them from
official website, and these standards are stored in specific location in internal serve for the use of related personnel;
Does the Manufacturer regularly perform internal audits of work involved ASME / PED / EN10190 and regularly
check that all documented procedures, including those for certification, are followed?
YES NO
Details: Feiting only conducts internal audit as per ISO 9001 and API Q1 and HSE, please refer to internal audit
records;
2.4 Health & Safety / OHSAS 18001:
Does the Manufacturer have a documented Health and Safety Management Policy and Manual? YES NO
Does the Manufacturer hold current OHSAS 18001 accreditation? YES NO
If YES please advise the Certification Body and Certificate Number. Please obtain a copy of the certificate.
Feiting holds ISO 45001:2018 instead of OHSAS18001;
Please refer to attached Quality & HSE Manual and the certificate as Clause 2.2;
Type of certificate Certification Body Certificate Number Valid date
ISO45001:2018 SGS CN20/21109 Aug 17th 2023
Does the Manufacturer regularly perform internal quality audits of its Health and Safety Management System and
regularly check that all documented procedures, including those for certification, are followed?
YES NO
Pls refer to internal audit records 2020 as attachments of Clause 2.2
2.5 NCRs and Customer Complaints:
Does the Manufacturer have a documented system for handling customer complaints?
YES NO
Auditor finds that Feiting has established procedure NO. QEOHS-PD/FT08 for Customer-related Process Control,
which includes handling of customer complaints. When reviewing the Management Review Report 2020, the
inspector noted that customer complaints are as part of the input information for management review;
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Does the Manufacturer review complaints from customers and take appropriate action?
YES NO
A customer complaint shows material short receipt in PO A885-3640-8002-PO8010 for BS-VI Project; Feiting
investigates that under this PO, it covers more than one destination and Destination A received more materials
while Destination B received less; Feiting re-supplied the shortage materials to Destination B; Root cause was
analysed that the packing or marking for the different destinations were almost same which leads a wrong delivery;
Feiting has made clear identifications on the packings which are for different destinations.
Feiting has showed to Auditor some internal & external emails for handling this complaints;
Are Records (NCR) maintained of complaints and the corrective actions taken? YES NO
Feiting provided the NCR list, and in the NCR, the root cause has been analysed and actions have been taken by
inspection record for confirmation.
Please refer to attachments;
2.6 Internal Audits:
Are records from Internal Audits and corrective actions available and do they show enough detail to demonstrate
that the Quality Management System is effective?
YES NO
Please refer to attached records;
Are the personnel carrying out internal audits adequately trained and independent of the process being audited?
YES NO
Internal audit training certificates and training records;
According to Feiting, an Auditor is not allowed to audit his/her department;
2.6 Management Review:
How often are Management Review Meetings held?
Annualy.
When was the last Management Review Meeting held? Is a copy available for the auditor to review?
Mar 2020;
Please refer to attachment for the management review report.
2.7 Training and Competences:
Does the vendor maintain records of staff qualifications and training courses? YES NO
Auditor randomly check the training plan in 2020, these training includes internal training and external training, for
various aspects as safety, audit, working process as welding, inspection, testing, etc., and an evaluation record is
with each training;
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Please refer to attachments;
3.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE
3.1 Quality Plans:
Are Quality Plans available to all staff engaged in the production process? YES NO
Quality standards are posted at working position of workshop and relevant person’s computers;
Process cards indicating all the requirements and flow with products where the staffs can find it;
3.2 Control of Documents and Records:
Is there a Documented Procedure covering the control of Product and Production Process Parameter changes?
YES NO
Procedure file NO. QEOHS-PD/FT24-2019, clause 4.1.9;
If there is a Procedure does it cover the review and approval of a Product or Production Process Parameter by the
responsible Management Department? YES NO
Procedure file NO. QEOHS-PD/FT24-2019, clause 4.1.9;
A record for change of welding process shows that it has been approved by technical and quality managers.
Are there provisions to ensure that the Client has accepted any changes to the product construction or production
process parameters prior to their implementation? YES NO
Procedure file NO. QEOHS-PD/FT08-2019 clause 4.4&4.5
A TQ for chemical analysis change is provided to auditor that the Client from Contract NO. AP-1-92-92 have
approved it, then Feiting starts batch production;
please refer to the attachments;
Does the Documented Procedure cover any changes to markings and any accompanying production information?
YES NO
Procedure file NO. QEOHS-PD/FT11-2019 for control procedure of marks and traceability; according to Feiting, the
changes will be added into the Process Flow Cards with products;
3.3 Approved Suppliers and Subcontractors:
Does the vendor maintain a list of approved supplier and subcontractors?
Auditor Reviewed List for Material Suppliers on 2020 NOV. as attached;
How does the vendor vet and approve suppliers and subcontractors?
Feiting evaluate and approve his suppliers Annually; it will consider the quality, technical, cost, delivery and sign the
evaluation report by relevant department managers.
Does the vendor ensure that all sub suppliers and subcontractors work to the same standards and policies of the
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vendor and their client?
Purchase order specifies the standards needed; re-test in the factory; material receiving inspection;
Randomly choosen Jiangsu Wujin pipes for test reports;
Please refer to attachments for details;
4.0 MATERIAL CONTROL AND QUALITY CONTROL
4.1 MATERIAL CONTROL Goods in Storage / Traceability:
Are Materials, Consumables which have a direct impact on the quality of the finished product verified by the
Manufacturer as being in compliance with all the applicable quality and specified requirements including any
particular specifications of the Client? YES NO
An ITP will be sent to Client for approval including material test method, frequency, specification, etc. and then
these materials, consumables will be conducted for receiving inspection at Feiting factory, including lab test as per
these requirements;
Feiting provides some material receiving inspection records, as attached;
Does the vendor rely on Certificates or Declarations of Conformity or Test Results from Suppliers? If do these
Certificates/Declarations CLEARLY IDENTIFY the product specifications and quantity of Items covered, dated and
signed in a legible manner? YES NO
Auditor randomly checked mill certificate of Wujin pipe, as attached;
OR Does the vendor additionally test materials purchased?
Yes, retest for all the materials from suppliers, randomly check Wujin pipes dated on Nov 7th 2020; report NO.
RSCB23-G-49;
At the Goods Inward stage: Are Non-Conforming Goods/Products/Materials etc. Clearly Identified, Segregated and
quarantined to prevent the accidental use? YES NO
There are specific separated areas in workshop for non-conformed material/ products; auditor visited these areas in
the workshop but there is no non-conformity during auditing time;
Are Records from Inspections of Incoming Goods appropriate and kept/archived by the Quality Department?
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YES NO
Please refer to attachment photos.
4.2 QUALITY CONTROL In-Process Inspection:
Do the Manufacturer’s Personnel have readily available latest revision Manufacturing Procedures, identifiable
instructions at each station which have an impact on the quality of the final product? YES NO
The working instructions are found posted at every work stations that the operators are easy to get;
Do the stage inspection personnel (NDE) (Dimensional) (Hydrotest) etc. have readily available latest revision
procedures, work instructions related to the required testing parameters for both intermediate stage and final
inspection criteria? YES NO
ITP with latest requirements will sent to inspection personnel by specific person and recorded that; A Process Flow
Card with products has also indicated clearly for the testing parameters and inspection personnel will take reference
when sign on this card.
Are test results closely monitored for adverse trends or recurrences and then reported to the shop floor production
management and consequently reported to the Quality Management? YES NO
Feiting weekly analyze the test results within quality department, and some analysis records are provided to auditor,
as attached; and the results are also as one of input information for Management Review;
Are repairs re-inspected in accordance with Documented Procedures and Specifications?
YES NO
Only In the welding repair procedure NO. QEOHS-PD/FT31has specified operation and inspection for repairs; other
processes are not allowed for repairs.
Do the Production Stage Line Inspections and Routine Tests performed by the Manufacturer sufficiently cover all
the applicable Procedures, Specifications, Work Instructions, Test Parameters and Frequencies?
YES NO
Feiting transfers all project requirements into a Process Flow Card and this Card is together with the
products flowing all the processes until delivery; the products are not allowed to flow to next process until
previous process is qualified and signed on the card. In the workshop, auditor found that every batch of
products are with such Cards; with these cards, personnel can understand well for all the product
requirements;
Are the personnel involved in the Manufacturing Processes and Quality Control Stages adequately briefed on their
duties and competent to perform such duties? YES NO
These persons are qualified or trained for relevant processes; Feiting provided the qualification
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certificates and training record, evaluation records;
4.3 QUALITY CONTROL Testing / Test Equipment Calibration and Control:
Is the Test Equipment on the shop floor under current calibration? YES NO
What evidence of current calibration was obtained? For example: a calibration certificate OR a calibration sticker on
the Test Equipment?
Both a calibration certificate and a calibration sticker on the Test Equipment
Who provided the Calibration Service? vendor external company > details:
Almost all the calibration service is provided by the external company named Shenzhen Tiansu Calibration and Test
Co. Ltd., please refer to the cover sheet of attached calibration certificates;
Do the Records, if kept, indicate that the calibration is traceable to an Internationally Recognised Metrology
Standards? YES NO
The calibrations are traceable to Chinese Recognized Metrology Standards as JJG; please refer to the attached
calibration certificate and records.
4.4 QUALITY CONTROL Welding and NDT:
Please list details of staff and their qualifications:
Please details the equipment available on site and check to ensure that it is calibrated:
Please refer to attached qualification and calibration certificates;
4.5 QUALITY CONTROL Inspection Records:
Are the Test Records and Inspection Records signed by responsible persons, easily identified for traceability
purposes? YES NO
All the inspection and testing records are required to signed by operator / inspection and their management in
papers;
For traceability, Feiting uses unit code, batch no. to research the relevant records; Auditor has checked the
traceability by selecting 90° elbow with size Ø323.8*6.5 / GBT14976 022Cr19Ni10, which was ready for
marking and packing, and found that, the flow card has been signed at every process; with the material
code and batch no. mentioned in the flow card. Feiting has provided mill certificate of raw pipes from
supplier Wenzhou Huiran, and material receiving report dating on 15th Nov., the report includes diameter
meter, wall thickness, chemical analysis, and mechanical property; the Product First Inspection Report for
this batch was also provided, it has been checked for material cutting, formation, groove and polish in
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Dec., heat treatment was done on the night of 15th Dec, and PT have been carried out on 21st Dec. in its
Penetration Flaw Detection Record as attached; please refer to the attached folder “Material traceability
rectification”.
Are Records of Tests located in an easily retrievable manner and is this location known to you the Audit Inspector?
YES NO
Quality department is responsible for that; all the records are established to a catalog list and stored both in
personal computer and internal system; the records in paper are stored in cabinets;
Auditor randomly chose one project name Zhejiang Tech with unit code 408-19115-143-2 , Feiting provides the
records such as dimensional records, PT record of reducer, both in the internal serve and in the cabinet;
Please refer to attached folders for details;
Are the Records regularly maintained and kept for an appropriate period? YES NO
For 7 years;
4.6 QUALITY CONTROL Product Marking, Packing and Dispatch:
Are the Finished Goods Handled and Stored as per Specification Requirements avoiding and limiting mechanical
damage or contaminations? YES NO
Feiting has established Procedure file QEOHS-PD/FT-13-2017; according to Feiting, Client requirements for
packing will also be followed by listing in the Flowing Cards.
Does the vendor take and retain photos during the packing process to evidence the quality of goods immediately
prior to, and upon completion of packing? YES NO
Pls refer to attached photo provided by Feiting;
4.7 QUALITY CONTROL Shop Floor Tour:
Please ask the vendor to list the main production machinery on the shop floor used in the production of the
products?
Refer to attached Equipment Account.
Please ask the vendor if testing / quality control in performed in-house by the own staff? Or by an external
provider? If by an external provider please advise details?
If it is performed in-house by their own staff, please list the testing equipment available on the shop floor?
If it is performed in-house by their own staff, please advise the experience level and qualification of the staff
performing the testing?
Feiting has its own testing lab equipped with 300KN universal material testing machine, impact tester,
chemical analyser, PMI, X-Ray flaw detector, Vickers hardness tester, ultrasonic flaw detector, ultrasonic
thickness gauge, magnetic detection machine, electro-hydraulic servo detection machine, microcomputer
control electronic universal tester, pendulum low temperature impact tester, etc. which could cover
normal testing needs.
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The test equipment are all with calibration labels and certificates;
Four 4 employees are serving for this testing lab and all are qualified with certificates;
please refer to attached Test Equipment Account and calibration certificates and personnel qualification certificate;
Feiting emphasized that, they could also find a third party to do any normal tests or special tests, such as HIC, SSC,
as per client’s requirements.
SHOP FLOOR TOUR:
Please review and comment on the following items:
Health & Safety and Environmental
Established HSE procedures and its system has been qualified by SGS;
Procedures /good practise
Feiting has established and documented HSE procedures, and within the auditing time, it is found these procedures
have been implemented;
Fire Precautions
Alarms/Extinguishers
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Exit routes
There is no exit route map in the workshop, but people could follow the yellow arrow in the walkways for exit;
Housekeeping
Materials are stored with marking and color code;
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Notices/information/signage
PPE
It is noted that employees are working with necessary safety helmet, shoes, gloves and protective glass;
Walkways
Lighting/Heating/Ventilation
Noted that lighting and ventilation is enough in the workshop, as showed in the photo;
First Aid
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First aid telephone number is posted to all employees and there are two first aid centres respectively in the
warehouse and main office building, equipped with some medical care service;
Equipment
Controlled areas/access
Heat treatment area was controlled by railing.
Heat treatment area Blasting area
Waste
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Waste gas treatment for blasting Waste water treatment system for
recycling
Recycling
Waste metal to be sold;
Welfare facilities
Feiting has : Rest room in workshop; high-TEMP welfare for employees; cooling drinking in summer;
Heat water; Rest area;
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Dust/Noise
A third party is invited to detect the dust & noise condition and issues report, as attached;
In the workshop the general condition is not bad for noise and dust;
report; Report posted in the workshop;
Vehicles – FLT
5.0 CLOSING SUMMARY
The inspector advised the vendor that he appreciated the assistance and co-operation of management
and staff of Shanghai Feiting Pipe Manufacturing Ltd (hereinafter called as Feiting or this company) for
their support and hospitality through the course of this audit.
Feiting was founded in July 2003, with registered capital of 101 million RMB. It can be considered as a
branched company in Shanghai from Zhejiang Feiting Pipe Manufacturing Ltd for manufacturing pressure
pipeline components. This factory covers 69868 square meters while workshops take 21973 square
meters.
The main products for Feiting include cryogenic ferritic steel / carbon steel / seamless chrome-moly steel
elbow, tee, reducer, cap, bender; and full range of austenitic stainless steel / dual-phase steel / 20R /
chrome-moly steel / steel plate elbow, concentric & eccentric reducer, bender, as per various
specifications and standards as ASME, DIN, JIS, GB, BS, SH, SY, HG, etc.
Feiting has been the approved supplier for some domestic and foreign companies, such as China
SINOPEC and KOC (Kuwait Oil Company).
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During the course of this audit, it is found that Feiting has established procedures and management
system for quality, environmental, occupational health and safety, and has been got qualified by
authorised parties.
As per its procedures, Feiting conducts internal audits every 6 months to verify the effectiveness of the
systems. Auditor has reviewed the internal audit records in Jan 2020, it is found that non-conformities
have been identified, and analysed for root causes, and corrective actions have been released to
responsible departments and verified within a particular period. Please refer to the report. It is required to
increase the audit frequency by the procedure files basing on non-conformance trend, and recently there
is no situation to require to change the audit frequency, according to Feiting.
Annual management review is conducted for the targets, internal & external audit result, customer
satisfactory, NCRs during manufacturing, changes and risk in the quality system and quality environment,
etc. to verify the effectiveness of the quality system. Auditor checked the Management Review Report on
March 2020 and found that outputs are issued and the NCRs have been followed and corrected.
Personnel are with relevant qualifications for welding, NDT, testing, etc. and auditor randomly checked
the qualification certificates. A training plan and records have been provided to show that internal &
external trainings will be or have been conducted for safety, process operations as welding, heat
treatment, mechanical and chemical test, in-process inspections for relevant staffs. Auditor randomly
chose a training record for Standard operation for testing including attendance list, training contents and
evaluation records;
Feiting establishes Equipment Account, as attached; it includes: four column hydraulic presses of
1500KN, 3150KN, 5000KN, 20000KN, 39200KN; heat push bender machines, 800KW heat push tee
machine, the resistance furnace of 800KW, 400KW, 30 KW; car type furnace, smart pneumatic marking
machines, computer aided character carver; laser typewriter, welding machines, processing machines for
drilling, milling, cutting, bending; blasting shop, pickling tank, etc.. during shop tour, it is found these
machines are generally in a good maintenance condition, the Daily Maintenance Record is found with
every machine at shop.
The main inspection and testing equipment includes, 300KN universal material testing machine, impact
tester, chemical analyser, PMI, X-Ray flaw detector, Vickers hardness tester, ultrasonic flaw detector,
ultrasonic thickness gauge, magnetic detection machine, electro-hydraulic servo detection machine,
microcomputer control electronic universal tester, pendulum low temperature impact tester, and other
normal inspection tools used in workshop. Auditor found that all the inspection and testing machines are
with calibrated labels within valid dates, auditor randomly chose some tools or machine for calibration
certificates. Please refer to attached Inspection and Testing Equipment Account and certificates;
For raw materials control, Feiting establishes Approved Supplier List and evaluates these suppliers by
annual. All the raw materials (steel pipe, steel plate, etc.) must be purchased from qualified suppliers.
Auditor has chose Wujin Pipe from the Approved Supplier List and Feiting provided its evaluation record.
Feiting conducts material receiving inspections for all the steel pipes & plates, including mill certificate,
quantity, dimension, appearance, chemical analysis and mechanical characters required by specifications
and clients; in the warehouse, it is found all the materials are stored with specification markings and color
codes;
For process control, the Working Instructions are stored at every process position for operators to get the
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available data; and from the training records, the operators have been given necessary training for
related process. And also, Feiting transfers all project requirements into a Process Flow Card and this
Card is together with the products flowing all the processes until delivery; the products are not allowed to
flow to next process until previous process is qualified and signed on the card. In the workshop, auditor
found that every batch of products are with such Cards. Auditor also visited the separated areas for non-
conformed products in the workshop.
To verify Feiting’s process control and traceability, during shop tour, auditor randomly selected a 90°
elbow with size Ø323.8*6.5 / GBT14976 022Cr19Ni10, which was ready for marking and packing, and
found that, the flow card has been signed at every process; with the material code and batch NO.
mentioned in the flow card, Feiting has provided mill certificate of raw pipes from supplier Wenzhou
Huiran, and material receiving report dating on 15th Nov., the report includes diameter meter, wall
thickness, chemical analysis, and mechanical property; the Product First Inspection Report for this batch
was also provided, it has been checked for material cutting, formation, groove and polish in Dec., heat
treatment was done on the night of 15th Dec, and PT have been carried out on 21st Dec. in its
Penetration Flaw Detection Record as attached; please refer to the attached folder “Material traceability
rectification”.
During the execution of the audit, it becomes obvious that Feiting follows the principles of ISO 9001:2015
for the manufacturing the pipe components. Furthermore, the organization set up, facilities and
equipment, qualification of personnel and processes involved provide evidence to Auditor that this
company fulfills the requirements of manufacturing of steel fittings as benders and caps.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE AUDIT REPORT:
We acknowledge and agree with the content of this Audit Report.
We acknowledge the content of this Audit Report and we DO NOT agree with the content as reported in the
following clauses / sub-clauses and/or “Findings”
Date: 26 December 2020
Manufacturer Contact Persons Name and Position (Printed Letters)
Signature: SEE SIGNED VERSION ATTACHED
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All work carried out by, or on behalf of Qtech Control Limited, is subject to our standard terms and conditions as listed on our
website www.qtechcontrol.com
All work undertaken is performed with due diligence and with the documents presented for audit. This audit report refers to our
findings at the time / place of our audit only and does not exonerate buyer and seller from their contractual obligations.