“We got an audit finding on our supplier controls.”
The auditor asked how you approve, monitor, and re-evaluate suppliers. The honest answer was “we know them.” Now there is a finding with a response date.
Request a Situation ReviewWhat you're facing
- Your approved supplier list is a spreadsheet, and nobody can show how each name got on it.
- There are no risk tiers and no re-evaluation schedule.
- Supplier audits happen when something goes wrong, not on a plan.
- Your own certification or contract status now depends on how you respond.
What this is costing you
- Certification or customer approval at risk if the corrective action does not hold.
- A repeat finding at the next audit, which is far harder to close.
- Staff time rebuilding records under deadline pressure.
- Exposure to the supplier problems that the missing controls were supposed to catch.
The questions you're probably asking
- What does the auditor actually need to see?
- How do we respond to the finding in time without writing fiction?
- Do we have to audit every supplier?
- How do we keep this from coming back next year?
What to do this week
- 1Read the finding against the exact clause and write down what evidence is missing.
- 2Pull your supplier list and sort it into high, medium, and low risk by what they supply.
- 3Write a short, honest procedure for approval, monitoring, and re-evaluation — then follow it.
- 4Gather the evidence you do have: quality data, delivery data, certificates, past audits.
- 5Schedule audits for the highest-risk suppliers first.
The Exceleor Path
- 01
Discovery
Understand the problem, measure where things stand today, and agree on what success looks like.
- 02
Define the engagement path
Most organizations don't know the path. We do. A proven method, tailored to your situation.
- 03
Training
Bring your people to a clear understanding of the requirements.
- 04
Implement and engage
Carry out the work jointly, with your people involved from day one.
- 05
Verify
Confirm the work was done and meets the requirement.
- 06
Validate
Confirm the original problem is actually solved, measured against the success measures from Discovery.
- 07
Transfer ownership
We collaborate throughout, so your team can run it without us.
- 08
Sustain and grow
We stay close, check in, and catch the next need early. We're here to make sure you succeed.
What you'll have at the end
- The finding closed with objective evidence.
- A risk-tiered approved supplier list you can defend.
- A written supplier approval, monitoring, and re-evaluation process.
- A risk-based supplier audit schedule, with the highest-risk sources covered first.
- Records that are ready for the next audit, not rebuilt for it.
Why SupplySourceSync
- 30+ years of VP-level supply chain and quality leadership, including $1.85B in supply chain assets managed.
- Certified ISO auditor experience across aerospace, defense, automotive, medical device, and electronics.
- Work with organizations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Toyota, and Ford.
- We do the work with your people, prove the problem is solved, and hand you the keys.
SupplySourceSync is an Exceleor LLC company.
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