2017-03-03起，BSCI对半通知审核授权时间又有新的规定：即原来的4+4周的授权时间，变为2+4周。这个变化，减少了工厂等待审核的时间。

示例：
旧：BSCI会员买家在2017-02-27，设置工厂的审核突击期窗口为2017-03-27~2017-04-24，从完成授权到开始突击审核，至少隔4周。
新：BSCI会员买家在2017-02-27，设置工厂的审核突击期窗口为2017-03-13~2017-04-10，从完成授权到开始突击审核，至少隔2周。

注意：
1. 设置的2017-03-27~2017-04-24窗口期，最小为4周，可以大于4周。
2. 即使BSCI会员买家设置窗口期大于4周，审核公司将会把Audit Schedule Windows审核突击窗口，压缩到4周。
3. BSCI会员买家设置的审核窗口期，不能直接修改。如果要修改，只能删除原来的Request，重新设置。

视频下载：新的半通知审核时间窗口设置The Updated Semi-announced Process

The New semi announced Audit Timeframe

In January 2017, the audit announcement option on the BSCI Platform was set by default as “semi-announced”, providing four weeks’ time for auditing companies to plan the audit, and another four weeks to conduct it. Following this development, as of 3 March a new change will be introduced in the system to shorten the time for auditing companies to plan an audit.

Developments introduced in January

As of 14 January 2017 the audit announcement option on the BSCI Platform was set by default as “semi-announced”, providing producers a four-week timeframe during which the audit would be conducted. Previously, all audit requests in the BSCI Platform were set by default as ‘’fully announced’’, allowing the producer to know the exact date on which they would receive an audit.

With this timeframe, auditing companies were given in total an eight-week time window (4+4) to handle the audit: an initial four-week period to plan it, starting from the day of the request; and another four weeks’ period to conduct it (timeframe communicated to the producer).

What changes now?

Taking recent feedback collected by the FTA secretariat into consideration, the BSCI Steering Committee has decided to shorten the time for auditing companies to plan the audit.

As of 3 March 2017, the audit timeframe will be shortened to six weeks (2+4). This means that the initial period provided to the auditing company to plan the audit has been reduced from four to two weeks. The following four-week window to carry out an audit remains unchanged.

Supporting resources: In line with this decision, all supporting documents have been updated to reflect this change in timeframe. You may also access this material on the BSCI Platform and the FTA Academy including:

·  Frequently asked questions (FAQ) document in English, Chinese, Turkish

·  Updated presentation in English and Turkish

·  Information Package for BSCI Participants to communicate the semi-announced method to their producers:

o   Email template to producers

o   FAQ in English, Chinese and Turkish

o   Semi-announced presentation in English and Turkish

o   Semi-announced training video in English and Turkish

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