Hi I'm a graduated student as an engineer and I'm working in a company sales sheet metal parts to customers and my manager asked me to find a new supplier that provide us with the design of the sheet metal parts and I find a supplier and my manager has asked me to visit them and prepare a report addressing the following :
1.how mush notice,intend to give the supplier,regarding the planned date of the visit?and explain the reason behind the answer.
2.what kind of, and how mush, information/details to provide the supplier with in advance visit?
3.provide an outline of areas intend to assess during the visit, including examples of the type of questions intend to ask the supplier?
4.in addition how to design a standard vendor evaluation rating form contaning a convenient checklist and rating system to assist during this and future vendore audits?