Qualify a new supplier and place the first order
Your brand needs a second source for one product family within three months. You shortlist, audit, compare quotations and place a trial order.
Who this is for: Sourcing and procurement staff, supplier quality and compliance teams.
What you produce: A supplier qualification file: prequalification criteria, audit findings with risk rating, quotation comparison, and the trial-order conditions.
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Task 1
Write the prequalification criteria for this product family, and the three that would exclude a supplier outright.
What a good answer contains: A good answer covers capability, capacity, compliance and financial stability, and its exclusions are genuine — for example unremediated safety findings — not preferences.
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Task 2
Design the audit: what you verify on site, what evidence you accept, and how you rate the findings.
What a good answer contains: A good answer separates verified evidence from a self-declaration, and rates findings by risk with a remediation deadline and a re-check.
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Task 3
Compare two quotations on a like-for-like basis and state what you had to normalise before comparing.
What a good answer contains: A good answer normalises specification, quantity, terms, freight and payment before comparing, and notes any excluded cost that will reappear later.
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Task 4
Write the trial order conditions: volume, controls, the review point and the exit if it fails.
What a good answer contains: A good answer limits exposure, defines the measures that decide continuation, and keeps an exit that does not strand the season.
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