Product Audit
Product Audits evaluate actual products, product family, parts, or product components against a certain specification, which is the criteria for the audit. Product Audits seek to find out if the product meets the exact requirements called out in the criteria used, or if the product performs as expected. Those requirements can be self-imposed, customer-driven, governmental, or industry requirements
Many products can also be certified to a specification, and therefore require an audit to verify compliance, such as the case of API monogrammed products.