https://o2osourcing.pages.dev/tags/factory-checks/ Recent content in Factory-Checks on O2O Sourcing | China, Seen from the Ground Hugo en Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://o2osourcing.pages.dev/articles/how-to-audit-a-supplier-factory-from-documents-to-the-production-line-yeyd93/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://o2osourcing.pages.dev/articles/how-to-audit-a-supplier-factory-from-documents-to-the-production-line-yeyd93/ <h2 id="executive-summary">Executive summary</h2> <p>A factory audit should test whether a supplier can perform the work it claims to perform, at the stated site, with available equipment, qualified personnel, controlled processes, traceable records, and realistic capacity. Treat every capability claim as a hypothesis. Verify it through four evidence channels: controlled documents, interviews, historical records, and direct production-floor observation.</p> <p>Do not accept certificates, equipment lists, capacity spreadsheets, or prepared presentations at face value. Follow active and completed production orders, reconcile records with physical activity, investigate exceptions, and identify dependencies such as subcontractors, temporary labor, shared equipment, excessive overtime, or one experienced operator. The final audit decision must specify exactly which facilities, processes, lines, shifts, products, and volumes were verified.</p>