Verification-Led Sourcing, Explained
Defines how verification is scoped, executed, and documented per engagement — including evidence types, limits, and buyer responsibilities.
Content
This guide explains how verification-led sourcing works in practice when sourcing from Bangladesh. It clarifies what verification can and cannot provide, how it is scoped per engagement, and how buyers should interpret verification outputs internally.
Purpose of this guide
To explain—clearly and without promotion—how verification-led sourcing works, what is verified, what is not, and how buyers should interpret verification outputs internally. This does not replace buyer decision-making, audits, or compliance obligations.
Why “verification” needs definition in sourcing
In international sourcing, the term verification is used inconsistently. It may refer to audits, factory visits, document checks, photographs, or informal confirmations. As a result, buyers and intermediaries often operate with different assumptions about what has actually been verified.
Most sourcing issues do not arise from bad intent, but from undefined scope. Buyers assume coverage that was never agreed, while suppliers or intermediaries assume expectations that were never stated.
“Verified per engagement”: scope, not status
Verification only has meaning within the boundaries of a specific engagement. Each engagement defines what is being verified, when verification occurs, what evidence will be produced, and what is explicitly out of scope.
Key principle
Verification applies to a specific order or engagement and does not automatically carry forward to future orders, products, or timelines.
Need this applied to a live order?
If you want engagement-specific scope definition, evidence expectations, or execution oversight for a specific supplier or order, we can structure it per engagement.