Accreditation is a formal process of assessing an independent certification body (CB) to authorize for subsequent issuance of ISO certifications.

Audit is an independent systematic and documented process of gathering objective evidence against specific audit criteria to gauge the effectiveness and degree of conformance to which the audit criteria is fulfilled.

Audit is the process of value addition. It eliminates the bureaucratic controls and makes the system more lean and efficient. The organizations can cut huge amount of finances with relevant auditing against a suitable ISO standard as an audit criteria. The Non conformities identified during the audits provide a window of opportunity in terms of corrective and preventive measures.