Title Page
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Conducted on
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Vendor
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COT
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Location
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Positions of the participants during the visit
- Sales
- Manager
- Director / Owner
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Contact
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Telephone
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Main Item
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Staff Present
Visit
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Factory or Trading Company?
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How many % of the exported material is outsourced?
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What is the turn over of the company?
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Exactly how much?
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What is the main market?
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How is the QUALITY offered?
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If the quality shown is horrible the visit must end.
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How is the PRICE offered compared with the market?
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Similar items must compared! Can't compare Onions and Apples as an example.
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What is the Payment Term offered?
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How many workers does the Supplier have?
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How many work on Quality Assurance?
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How many work on Research and Development?
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Showroom
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Does the Vendor have showroom?
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How is the cleanness of the Showroom?
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Does the showroom have different families of items? (Ex: SS Cutlery and Plastic Chair
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Please take a picture of the main item and 4 more of full view of the showroom.
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Workshop
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Are u visiting the Workshop?
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Check the cleanliness and orderliness of both the factory and the office?
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Observe the production equipment, their condition and output capacity (calculate: can they really produce as much as they claim?)
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N/A is used when only the showroom is visited, most in cases of Trading Companies.
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Comparing the samples on the production line with the ones you saw on the showroom, what is the result of the quality?
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Please engage a talking about the kind of qualities they work with.
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Observe what in-process checks are being carried out during production.
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Figure out what testing or final inspection processes are occurring. Are they meaningful or just for show?
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What is your final opinion about the workshop?
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Please take pictures of the workshop detailing the machines and production and a 4 more with a full view.
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Laboratory
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Does the factory have Lab?
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Visit their test laboratory but don’t be blinded by impressive looking equipment – is there evidence of regular testing to appropriate criteria?
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Please take Pictures of the equipment
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Is the warehouse available for visit?
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Take a look in the warehouse and identify where else they are selling products to (local or overseas? to developed or developing economies?) Please list
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Please take pictures of the warehouse
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FInal
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On your own opinion,. Did the supplier Pass the visit?
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Ask the Vendor to send copies of the company?s business license, ISO certification and relevant product reports etc. , to our Procurement Department.
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