A Velkor assessment is a record, not a verdict. Each checkpoint produces findings; each finding carries the evidence it rests on and the source that evidence came from.
Whether the company you are dealing with exists as described, and whether the people quoting you are authorised to.
A recurring failure in cross-border sourcing is not fraud. It is a trading company presenting itself as the manufacturer.
Verified — Independently corroborated by a source we can name and you can inspect.
A finding resolves to one of four states. Nothing is averaged, weighted or converted into a number, because the moment it is, you lose the one thing you needed: which part was uncertain.
Independently corroborated by a source we can name and you can inspect.
Supported by evidence, but incomplete — the gap is stated rather than smoothed over.
Claimed by the supplier and not corroborated by any source available to us.
Something the evidence raises that you should resolve before committing.
Every claim we tested, with its state, on one page.
The documents, photographs and records the findings rest on.
Where each piece of evidence came from and when it was retrieved.
What remains unresolved, and what would resolve it.
Certification scope reviewed against the product being purchased
Both are illustrative, with invented suppliers. Each records at least one thing that could not be established.
Send the company name, the quotation, or whatever you have. We will tell you what can be established and what it will take.