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Supplier Auditor
Do you really know your suppliers, or just their presentations?
A clean, modern workshop guarantees nothing. An old, greasy workshop can deliver flawless products for twenty years. What matters is the workflow, the operators' precision, and the management of priorities when the pressure mounts.
And you don't see that when you talk to the salesperson.
Another often-ignored reality: culture changes everything. The perception of quality, the relationship to deadlines, what a partner confirms in a meeting, it doesn't have the same meaning in Switzerland, China, or India.
One last thing before signing: if your supplier agrees to the cost, the quality, AND the deadline simultaneously, that's where the real risk begins. Have your key suppliers been audited, or simply visited?
