A buyer needs to evaluate the capacity of a supplier to fulfil his requirements. It is part of his responsibility. To do so he can perform an audit or an inspection. Most of us have difficulty to discriminate them therefore we will illustrate the difference between audit and inspection. The buyer needs while purchasing in Asia A buyer should learn about its supplier or potential supplier. To do so, he can examine the quality management system, check the factory and its manufactured goods’ quality. Additionally, he could consider criteria such as: safety, environmental protection or corporate social responsibility. It may surprise most of us, but for all those purpose an […]
