https://o2osourcing.pages.dev/tags/supplier-verification/ Recent content in Supplier Verification on O2O Sourcing | China, Seen from the Ground Hugo en Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://o2osourcing.pages.dev/articles/how-to-audit-a-supplier-factory-from-documents-to-the-production-line-a9871t/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://o2osourcing.pages.dev/articles/how-to-audit-a-supplier-factory-from-documents-to-the-production-line-a9871t/ <h2 id="executive-summary">Executive summary</h2> <p>A factory audit should test whether a supplier can repeatedly operate the production system required by the sourcing project. It is not enough to see machines, certificates, or a polished presentation. The auditor must connect legal identity, process ownership, controlled documents, trained personnel, equipment readiness, material movements, production records, demonstrated capacity, subcontracting, and exception handling.</p> <p>The strongest field method is evidence triangulation. A capability claim should be supported by several independent sources: records, physical observations, system data, operator explanations, and historical output. Contradictions are not administrative details; they are leads that require investigation. An equipment list that names a machine absent from the floor, for example, may indicate an obsolete asset register, undisclosed outsourcing, or capability located at another group facility.</p>