- How many hours a week does chasing supplier certificates actually take?
A time model for supplier certificate chasing: 4 to 8 hours a week, 200 to 400 hours a year, and what those hours cost at a QA coordinator's rate.
- SQF supplier approval requirements: what the auditor samples
What SQF clause 2.3.4 requires, the three records an auditor traces per supplier, and the sampling pattern used on a 50-supplier plant.
- What happens if you fail a BRC audit
What follows a failed BRCGS audit: how findings are graded, the close-out window, when a re-audit is required, and the document gaps that usually cause it.
- How many months before a recertification audit should you start on supplier certificates?
Count back from your audit due date: start supplier certificates at 120 days, then work the 90, 60 and 30-day windows. A backwards BRC calendar.
- The supplier certificate tracking spreadsheet, and the four places it quietly fails
The columns a supplier certificate tracking spreadsheet template needs, the four places it quietly fails, and a short audit to run on your own sheet.
- FSSC 22000 version 6: what changed for supplier management
How FSSC 22000 version 6 widened supplier control to purchased materials, what document currency means in an audit, and what a plant must be able to show.
- Supplier certificate tracking spreadsheet template
The exact columns, formulas and conditional formatting for a supplier certificate tracking spreadsheet, plus the four ways it breaks.