Supplier Due Diligence Checklist
Use this before payment or onboarding.
Remote Visit
A buyer uses a video call because it cannot visit the factory before payment. Buyers can turn that moment into a documented supplier review.
A factory address review should begin with the decision in front of the buyer. In this case, a buyer uses a video call because it cannot visit the factory before payment. The buyer is not trying to build a perfect supplier biography. The buyer needs to know whether it can pay, sign, release files, approve production, or ask for another round of evidence.
The risk is specific: the call may show a borrowed site, a showroom, a related factory, or a production line that does not belong to the contracting supplier. That risk can stay hidden when the team treats the supplier's answer as a general reassurance. Write the decision in one sentence before reviewing documents. A narrow question produces a cleaner file and a better supplier response.
Run this check before paying a new supplier that claims factory status or product-specific production ability. Waiting until shipment pressure arrives gives the buyer fewer options. At that point, staff may accept weak explanations because the customer deadline, balance payment, or production slot already depends on the supplier's cooperation.
When the supplier changes a material, site, process, subcontractor, or test document, record the old and new facts. The change resets the question the original approval answered. Record the result beside the current order. The named scope is China factory address video call verification.
The core check should cover legal address, visited address, signage, production line, warehouse, staff answers. Ask the supplier to answer in writing and tie the answer to the legal company, order number, product model, and payment file. Do not let the supplier answer with a brochure if the buyer asked for a record connected to the order.
For the production question in this article, match the claim to the product version, production site, batch, test date, and responsible party. A certificate or sample is useful only when the buyer can show which goods it covers. Keep the finding next to the document that triggered the check. The named scope is China factory address video call verification.
The file should contain call recording notes, screenshots, GPS or map link, license address comparison, follow-up confirmation. Store those records beside the quotation, proforma invoice, and supplier identity file. Use short file names with dates so finance, quality, or management can review the case without asking the original buyer to reconstruct the story from chat messages.
When the supplier changes a material, site, process, subcontractor, or test document, record the old and new facts. The change resets the question the original approval answered. Write the unresolved part in the decision note. The named scope is China factory address video call verification.
For the production question in this article, match the claim to the product version, production site, batch, test date, and responsible party. A certificate or sample is useful only when the buyer can show which goods it covers. Do not carry this conclusion into a different transaction. The named scope is China factory address video call verification.
The closing note should say whether the buyer will proceed, pause, reduce exposure, or ask for more evidence. For factory address, the recommended decision rule is to treat the call as supporting evidence, not proof, and require the supplier to explain any address mismatch. Put that sentence near the payment approval or order approval, where the next person will see it.
When the supplier changes a material, site, process, subcontractor, or test document, record the old and new facts. The change resets the question the original approval answered. Give finance or procurement a clear next action. The named scope is China factory address video call verification.
Review the note again when the supplier changes a document, contact, date, payment path, or production detail. Small changes often look harmless when they arrive one at a time. A dated review line helps the buyer see whether the original factory address decision still holds or whether the supplier has created a new risk that needs approval.
No. It shows access to a site. Buyers still need to connect the site to the legal supplier and the order.
Ask the host to show signage, production areas, warehouse, product samples, and the address link to the licensed company.
Keep it with the supplier identity file, payment approval, product specification, and final buyer decision note.
Use this before payment or onboarding.
Keep a record finance can review.
Choose the right depth for the decision.