Quality due diligence is a pre-acquisition evaluation of a target's quality system and a risk assessment for acquirers, private equity firms, and strategic investors. It answers three questions: what the certificates actually prove, what the files actually contain, and what it will cost to fix.
A certificate shows an audit happened on a date. It does not show what the audit looked at or what has changed since. We read past it to the system underneath.
The files are the second layer. Design history, complaint handling, corrective actions, and supplier controls either hold together or they do not. We read them for that.
The cost to fix is the number that moves a deal. We state it with the assumptions visible, so a buyer can price the risk instead of discovering it after closing. We say what we found and what we could not verify.
When to call us
- “A target is under letter of intent and the deal team needs a quality read.”