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What is the main risk for purchasing from unknown suppliers?

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Question added by Mohd Mustaqeem , Executive Secretary , SAUDI PAN KINGDOM CO
Date Posted: 2014/10/07
Mohamed Marzook Abdul Rahman
by Mohamed Marzook Abdul Rahman , Sr. System Administrator , Adara Group

Warranty, Counterfeit products, service issues.

Harshad Sayed
by Harshad Sayed , CONTRACTS AND KPI SPECIALIST , SINYAR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Purchasing from new suppliers means, they would be asking for advance payment - risk of them fleeing away with the money.

 

Unkown suppliers would not be the right person / dealer for the mentioned product or service, hence prices would be high and NO Warranty

 

Risk of having weak after sales service.

 

 

Ihab Merhi
by Ihab Merhi , Director of Finance and Administration , IBH Levant and Africa SAL

Quality of Product

Lead Time

Warranty

After Sale Service

Mohamed Khalil
by Mohamed Khalil , Supply chain & Procurement Manager. , Tanta Motors.

  : To transfer the risk you can follow the following

1-  referring to your company rules and policies ,Evaluate the supplier with other competitors

2- Visit the supplier and check the actual capabilities ( finance,technical ,organization,capabilities ........) the will help you in such evaluation.

3- Get the the supplier reference list and you can visit those dealers and check the historical performance with  such supplier.

4- it is perfered to selected the supplier have the same experience in the same subject you need even if it is high offer and you can refer to your offers evaluation policy.

5- any advance payment must be against letter of credit (  Bank of L/C)

5- sign a contract with clear penalties for any delays or quality deviations or you can clear

such points in you PO

 

6- you can deduct a certain amount10 % as warranty by L/G bank letter

7- You can use FCC fixed cost contract to avoid any risk in prices but be careful in price reasonability

There are many other precaution ,but from my point of view the a.m points will be enough.

amer jayyousi
by amer jayyousi , Business Development Consultant , freelance

In procurement we always take supplier qualifications ver seriously,we qualify suppliers based on  their reputation,quality,delivery punctuality,and market presence.

Buying from unknown and unqualified suppliers put you at risk which should me metigated carefully,you must qualify suppliers before attempting to enter into business relationship with them.

Manny problems could arise such as below acceptable quality,wrong items supplied,long lead times....etc.

Mohamed Nasr El din
by Mohamed Nasr El din , General Procurment Manager , Alexandria Technical Agencies and Consultant

It might be More Expensive and Low Quality  Goods  , It might be  Of Low Quality goods

Ravshanbek Abdullaev
by Ravshanbek Abdullaev , Accountant , Fajr Al Mustaqbal General Trading LLC

Every thing has pros and cons. First of all, when you are attempting to start business with a new party there should be some certain causes like low costs, longer warranty, fair terms of payment and delivery etc., otherwise no one signs a contract with a new party. Here, a new party refers to an unknown supplier. Hence, these attractive sides might turn into risk or uncertainty, it would be proven only as time passes.

Saiful Islam Hiron
by Saiful Islam Hiron , Site HR Manager , Handicap International

1. Guarantee.

2. Warranty.

3. Post service.

 

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

  1. Financial distress
  2. Quality
  3. Guarantee / Warranty

Saleem Ullah Baig
by Saleem Ullah Baig , Procurement Officer , Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

1-Timely Delivery

2-Quality of Item/Service

3-Warranty

4-After Sale services,, etc..

Youssef Mamdouh
by Youssef Mamdouh , Senior Retail Merchandiser , Raya Retail

1- You may not Take the Required goods with the Required Materials .

2- You may have Problems in Returning or making stock rotation with the unknown supplier 

3-You may find difficulties in After sales Services ( IF Retail )

4- Never to proceed with payment in advance to take your order  other wide you may be Scammed .

5- you may be cheated in quality of the products .

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