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The following checklist indicates areas which warrant particular attention by procurement staff
when making appraisal visits to potential suppliers:
- Personal attitudes: An observant visitor can sense the attitudes of the supplier’s employees
towards their work and this provides an indication of the likely quality of their output and
service dependability.
- Adequacy and care of production equipment: This entail close observation of the
equipment in a plant
- Technological know-how of supervisory personnel: Conversation with supervisors will
indicate their technical knowledge and their ability to control and improve the operations of
processes under their supervision.
- Means of controlling quality: Observation of the inspection methods will indicate their
adequacy to ensure the specified quality of the product.
- Housekeeping: A plant which is orderly and clean in its general appearance indicates careful
planning and control by management.
- Competence of technical staff: Conversation with design, research staffs indicate their
knowledge of the latest materials, tools and processes relating to their products and on
anticipated developments in their industry.
- Competence of management: All the above areas are, in essence a reflection of
management and therefore indicate its quality.
Titany answered the question on November 24, 2021 at 13:07
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