Supplier Intelligence Resources
Practical guides and tools for evaluating suppliers, checking documents, preparing audits and reducing sourcing risk. Written by the people who run the checks.
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Supplier Verification
How to confirm a company is real, the site is real, and the documents hold up.
- How to Verify a Chinese Supplier2026-08-31
Factory Audit
Standards, checklists, what auditors look at and how to read a report.
- Factory Audit Checklist: What Auditors Actually Check2026-08-31
- Factory Audit Checklist2026-08-31
- How to Read a Factory Audit Report2026-08-31
- Pre-Shipment Inspection Checklist2026-08-31
Supplier Risk
Scoring frameworks, weighting and how to act on a risk score.
- Supplier Risk Assessment: How to Score a Supplier2026-08-31
- Supplier Risk Assessment Guide2026-08-31
Southeast Asia Sourcing
Vietnam and Thailand sourcing context, risks and audit considerations.
- How to Audit a Factory in Vietnam2026-08-31
Compliance
Social compliance, product compliance and what each standard actually covers.
- SMETA vs BSCI: Social Audit Comparison2026-08-31
Tools
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Bewertet jeden Lieferanten von 0 bis 100 in sechs gewichteten Risikodimensionen.
29 Prüfpunkte in sechs Phasen, bevor Sie bestellen.
Daten eingeben und eine erste Risikobewertung mit Nachweisstatus erhalten.
Gewichten Sie die Kriterien selbst und bewerten Sie Lieferanten danach.
Erstellt eine Prüfliste passend zu Branche und Auditart.
Gleicht Lieferantendokumente und Zertifikate miteinander ab.
Findet Lücken, Widersprüche und Risikosignale in einem Auditbericht.
Risk scores are calculated by a deterministic rules engine with published weights. The same inputs always produce the same score. Language models are used only to explain a result in plain language, and they cannot change the number.
Free tools tell you what to check. These services get it checked. Everything below is scoped and quoted per project, and none of it is a bundle you have to buy into.