{"id":1578,"date":"2016-04-29T19:56:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T19:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2024-11-14T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:33:41","slug":"verifying-suppliers-what-you-want-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/verifying-suppliers-what-you-want-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Verifying Suppliers&#8230; What You Want To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a follow-up to an <a href=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/supplier-selection-management-what-you-need-to-know\/\">article<\/a> we posted in March, we wanted to go into more specifics regarding on-site supplier verification.<\/p>\n<p>As noted, it&#8217;s not always cost-effective to do a comprehensive ISO-based or general QMS audit for each supplier you&#8217;re considering working with. But, there are basic questions looming that you need to make the right decisions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One option for supplier verification is a basic on-site check.<\/p>\n<p>What you find out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Factory information\n<ul>\n<li>Type of ownership, address &amp; contact information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Production Capacity (Annual Basis)\n<ul>\n<li>Category, total capacity, units shipped &amp; % capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Export Markets\n<ul>\n<li>U.S., EU, South America, etc. &amp; % volume<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Key Clients (Past Year)<!--more-->\n<ul>\n<li>Name, product description &amp; % volume<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Key Personnel\n<ul>\n<li>Title, name, history &amp; contact information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Number of Employees\n<ul>\n<li>Management, general office, production, quality, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>List of Major Equipment (Machines)\n<ul>\n<li>Description, model, quantity &amp; condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>List of Major Gages (Equipment)\n<ul>\n<li>Description, accuracy, quantity &amp; condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>List of Sub-Contractors\n<ul>\n<li>Name, process &amp; location<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photos assist in the process of evaluation as well.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How do you evaluate your potential suppliers?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One of our older blog posts that may be of interest is the use of a grid analysis for supplier selection. The categories listed above would help in deciding important variables and respective weights.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/proqc.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact us <\/a>for more information, or to schedule an on-site supplier verification. \u00a0With local expertise and an unbiased assessment, supplier selection is less risky and cost-saving in the long-run!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a follow-up to an article we posted in March, we wanted to go into more specifics regarding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274],"tags":[62,93,14,16,17,26,194],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supplier-management","tag-audit","tag-evaluation","tag-manufacturing","tag-qc","tag-quality","tag-sourcing","tag-suppliers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Verifying Suppliers... 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