Chicago, Illinois, Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), has awarded QCA’s Distributor Certificate to Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, LLC (BDA), based at Woodinville, Washington.

QCA is the only alliance committed to ensure accountability and independent validation of corporate responsibility throughout the promotional product industry’s supply chain.

The accreditation process is similar to that of Supplier Accreditation, it starts with the company completing a thorough self-assessment including a gap analysis to identify process and procedure voids requiring proper documents for review by the QCA Compliance Committee.

Then, the applicants build a comprehensive compliance manual before entering to supply chain. Once the process completes successfully, a series of audits are authorized for the company’s headquarters, where corrective action may be required before Certification is granted.

“Partnering with QCA saves us time and money because it expedites the process of verifying BDA’s policies and procedures,” said Jay Deutsch, BDA CEO and co-founder.