BSCI Supplier Audit Procedure

BSCI supplier audit is a complex and highly systematic task. Its successful implementation depends on the establishment of a fixed and concise audit procedure. Generally, the BSCI supplier audit procedure needs to go through the following four steps.

BSCI supplier audit procedures:

1. Market research and supplier information collection. Market research and supplier information collection are the prerequisites for supplier review. Only with detailed information can we conduct an objective and fair review of suppliers.

During the market research stage, information about suppliers should be collected from aspects such as their market distribution, the quality and price of purchased items, and the production scale of suppliers.

2. Determine the main indicators for supplier audit. Different suppliers have different audit indicators. Enterprises should formulate specific audit indicators (such as delivery date, production capacity, payment, financial status, etc.) for the suppliers to be audited based on the actual situation of the suppliers and the quality characteristics of the outsourced products of the company.

3. Establish a supplier audit team. When auditing suppliers, a corresponding audit team should be established depending on the different outsourced products.

For non-standard products and outsourced products with a large value, a cross-functional team or a special audit team can be set up to perform the audit task. The so-called "cross-functional team" refers to a temporary audit organization composed of supervisors or relevant personnel from the procurement department, production department (engineering department), quality inspection department, sales department, and finance department based on the nature of the outsourced product.

For some standard products and outsourced products with relatively low amounts, the review team can be composed of purchasing personnel. This method is the simplest, fastest and most convenient.

Fourth, conduct comprehensive scoring. The last step of supplier audit is to conduct comprehensive scoring of suppliers. The audit team should weigh the importance of each audit item and give different scores to each item. Then, according to the questionnaire feedback from the supplier and the data from the field investigation, a supplier qualification scoring table is compiled.

Enterprises can design their own supplier audit process based on the above four BSCI supplier audit procedure steps, combined with the actual situation of the enterprise and the specific requirements of the supplier audit.