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
Free, no account needed.
Score any supplier from 0 to 100 across six weighted risk dimensions.
29 checks across six stages to finish before you place an order.
Enter supplier details and get an initial risk score with evidence status.
Weight the criteria yourself and score suppliers against them.
Build an audit checklist for your industry and audit type.
Validate supplier documents and certificates against each other.
Check an audit report for gaps, inconsistencies and risk signals.
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.