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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Note n'importe quel fournisseur de 0 à 100 sur six dimensions pondérées.
29 contrôles en six étapes avant de passer commande.
Saisissez les informations et obtenez une première note avec l'état des preuves.
Fixez vous-même les pondérations et notez les fournisseurs en conséquence.
Crée une liste d'audit adaptée à votre secteur et au type d'audit.
Confronte les documents et certificats du fournisseur entre eux.
Repère les lacunes, les contradictions et les signaux de risque dans un rapport.
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.