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Company information
The details as the supplier provides them. This is not a legal or financial check.
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The business details a supplier provides, the name it quotes and contracts under, and the person we actually deal with. |
The details as provided, held against the name on the quotation and the purchase contract. |
Depends on the order
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Product capability
Judged on what the supplier can show for this product, not on a catalogue in general.
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Whether the supplier makes this kind of product: the range it currently runs, comparable items it already produces, and a sample made to the agreed specification. |
Sample photographs and the specification the sample was made against. |
Recorded
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Production environment
The workshop as it stands on the day of the visit, in the areas we are shown and ask to see.
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Where the product is made: the workshop areas, the flow of material and work in progress through them, and how the goods are stored. |
Site photographs with the area noted, and the visitor's written notes. |
Observed on site
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Equipment and processes
Covered where it is relevant to the product and the order.
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The equipment and the process steps this product depends on, as they apply to the item being bought. |
Notes and photographs of the steps that matter to this product. |
Depends on the order
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Quality systems
What the supplier does in its own workshop. It is not a certification of that system.
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How the supplier checks its own output: incoming material, checks during the run, checks before packing, and who carries them out. |
What was seen and noted on site, alongside the checks we run on the order itself. |
Observed on site
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Communication reliability
Observed across the order, not scored against a published standard.
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Who we deal with, whether the points raised come back answered, and whether the supplier stands behind what it agreed. |
The correspondence and the agreed notes held on the order. |
Recorded
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Evidence collection
The order keeps what was found. It does not replace your own reading of it.
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What is kept for you: the site notes, photographs and video, the audit or inspection report where one is issued, and the bulk sample where one is sent. |
The order file — notes, photographs, video, report and any bulk sample. |
Recorded
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