Validated Audit Process Glossary

The Validated Audit Process (VAP) has been created to increase efficiency and
reduce redundancy of CSR audits in the Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) supply chain. Below is a glossary of commonly used VAP
terminology.

AMA EICC Administrator Validated Audit Corrective Action

APM First Party Audit Plan
Auditee Follow Up Validated Audit Validated Audit Process
Auditee Managed Audit IRCA Validated Audit Process Operations
Audit Program Manager Second Party Audit Management Team
CAP Third Party Audit Validated Audit Report
Corrective Action Plan Third Party Supplier VAP
CMA VA VAP CAP Advisory Committee
Customer Managed Audit VA CAP VAP OMT
EICC Validated Audit VAR
Vectra

AMA: Auditee Managed Audit

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APM: Audit Program manager

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Auditee: Company whose facility site is the subject of the on-site audit.

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Auditee Managed Audit: Audit overseen by the auditee

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Audit Program Manager: Role assigned to the technical audit program management services support entity.

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CAP: Corrective Action Plan

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CMA: Customer Managed Audit

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Corrective Action Plan: Plan approved by the APM to close non-conformances identified during the initial audit.

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Customer Managed Audit: Audit of a facility overseen by one of the facility's customers.

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EICC: Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition

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EICC Administrator: Entity contracted to manage the administration functions of the EICC organization.

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First Party Audit: An audit usually performed by the company or department within a company upon itself. A first party audit is
usually conducted by the organizations internal audit group, however employees within a department or company may also conduct an
assessment similar to a first party audit. In such an instance this "audit" is generally referred to as a "self assessment. 1st Party Audits
are excellent tools for gauging an organizations continuous improvement efforts as well as measuring the return on investment for
sustaining that effort.

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Follow Up Validated Audit: A follow up audit to a full VA typically covers a subset of previous nonconformance items with the
intent to verify status of improvements as defined in an approved VA CAP.

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IRCA: International Register of Certified Auditors

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Second Party Audit: An audit of another organizations program not under the direct control or within the
organizational structure of the auditing organization. Second party audits are usually performed by the customer upon its suppliers
(or potential suppliers) to ascertain whether or not the supplier can meet existing or proposed contractual requirements.

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Third Party Audit: An objective assessment of an organizations system conducted by an independent, outside auditor or
team of auditors. The term "third party" is synonymous with the VAP APM and VAP audit firms whose primary responsibility is to
assess an organizations system for conformance to the Code.

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Third Party Supplier: Firms in addition to the Supplier, the EICC legal counsel, the EICC Administrator engaged to provide
VAP support, and third party Audit Firms.

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VA: Validated Audit

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VA CAP: Validated Audit Corrective Action Plan

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Validated Audit: EICC approved third party audit managed in accordance with approved quality processes and overseen by the
selected Audit Program Management Firm to meet EICC Validated Audit Program Quality Requirements.

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Validated Audit Corrective Action Plan: Corrective action plan completed by the Auditee in the process of improving
practices identified as non-conforming in a full VA.

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Validated Audit Process: The EICC audit program that results in a Validated Audit Report.

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Validated Audit Process Operations Management Team: EICC management team responsible to support and
guide the VAP to ensure program success. The VAP OMT includes one member of the EICC Board of Directors at a minimum.

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Validated Audit Report: Audit report with third party quality control and validation by the EICC APM.

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VAP: Validated Audit Process

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VAP CAP Advisory Committee: Designated EICC group to act as a VAP escalation arbiter. Participants must possess
adequate knowledge and experience and represent a balance between organizational entity types across the supply chain. Outside
experts may be utilized as approved by the VAP OMT.

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VAP OMT: Validated Audit Process Operations Management Team

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VAR: Validated Audit Report

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Vectra: EICC contracted APM