Level 2 · Factory audit · CCB Verification Standard v2.0

Sample factory audit report

Soft-close cabinet hinge maker, Guangdong (fictional)

Report details

Report reference: SAMPLE-FA-0001
Standard: CCB Verification Standard v2.0, Level 2
Company: Example Hardware Co., Ltd (fictional)
Unified social credit code: 91XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (placeholder, not a real code)
Site: Guangdong, China (no real address)
Product: Soft-close cabinet hinges, cold-rolled steel, nickel-plated
Commissioned and paid for by: A UK kitchen-fittings retailer (fictional)
Carried out by: CCB staff in China
Desk check: Level 1 completed 15 September 2026: Proceed with conditions
Visit: Tuesday 22 September 2026, one day on site
Report issued: Wednesday 23 September 2026

Verdict

Proceed with conditionsThe site is a hinge factory run by the company we desk-checked, and it makes the product itself. Plating is subcontracted and the stated capacity was not seen, so confirm both before a first order.

Findings

Item	Status	Finding	Photos
Identity on site	Checked	The business licence displayed in the office shows the same legal name and credit code as the desk-check record. The gate sign and the delivery notes in the warehouse carry the same name.	Photos: 1–3
Factory or trading company	Checked	A manufacturer. Stamping, riveting, spring assembly and packing are done on site. Nickel plating is sent out (see Subcontracting).	Photos: 4–6
Production lines	Checked	One stamping hall and two assembly lines. Line 1 was assembling 35 mm soft-close hinges during the visit; line 2 was assembling drawer slides.	Photos: 4, 7
Machines	Note	14 punch presses rated 25 to 80 tonnes, built 2016 to 2023, nameplates photographed. Two further presses had no nameplate and were not running.	Photos: 8–10
Capacity	Unverified	The factory states 600,000 hinges a month. Line 1 produced about 1,100 hinges in a timed hour with 9 workers on one day shift: roughly 230,000 a month from one line on one shift. The stated figure would need both lines on hinges or a second shift; neither was seen.	Photos: 7, 11
Subcontracting	Note	Nickel plating is done by an outside plating plant. The factory named the plant but did not provide its environmental permit or a salt-spray test report for plated parts.	Photos: —
Quality control	Weak	Incoming steel coil is accepted on the mill certificate alone. In-process checks are made by the line leader with go/no-go gauges and recorded on paper. An AQL table is posted at final inspection, but records for the previous two weeks could not be found. One of four callipers carried an expired calibration label.	Photos: 12–14
Certificates on site	On their face	The ISO 9001 certificate on the wall matches the copy received for the desk check. Not yet confirmed with the issuing body.	Photos: 15
Sample pull	Checked	Ten hinges taken at random by our staff from two finished-goods cartons, photographed, sealed and sent to the buyer by courier.	Photos: 16–17
Working conditions, as observed	Note	Fire exits clear and marked; guards fitted to the presses seen running; most press operators wore gloves and ear protection. Observations only, not a social audit.	Photos: 18–19

Photo log

In a client report each entry is a dated photo or video. Images are not shown in this sample.

1 · Gate sign with the company name
2 · Business licence on the office wall
3 · Company name on warehouse delivery notes
4 · Stamping hall, general view
5 · Riveting and spring assembly
6 · Packing area
7 · Line 1 running 35 mm hinges (video)
8–10 · Press nameplates
11 · Timed output count, line 1
12 · Incoming steel coil and mill certificate
13 · Final inspection station and AQL table
14 · Calliper with an expired calibration label
15 · ISO 9001 certificate on the wall
16 · Random sample taken from finished-goods cartons
17 · Sealed sample parcel
18 · Fire exit, stamping hall
19 · Press guarding

Before a first order

Ask for the plating plant's environmental permit and a salt-spray test report for plated hinges, or have the sealed samples tested by a laboratory.
Ask the factory to show how it reaches 600,000 a month, with dated production records for a second shift or for line 2 on hinges.
Ask for the missing final-inspection records, and for the expired calliper to be recalibrated.
Confirm the ISO 9001 certificate with the issuing body.
Inspect the first order before shipment (Level 3).

Limits of this report

One day on site: the report shows the factory on that day.
No laboratory testing. The samples were sent to the buyer, not tested.
Working conditions were observed, not audited.
Current for 12 months under the standard, or until production moves, ownership changes or processes are subcontracted.