Sofeast's CEO Renaud explains what a manufacturing organizational chart is and, critically, 7 key things that we can learn about our suppliers from theirs. During your sourcing journey, Renaud's advice will help you spot potential issues with some red flags to be aware of. (Adrian from the team hosts).

00:00 - Greetings and introduction.

02:03 - What is an organizational chart?

06:39 - 1. No Quality Dept.

10:26 - 2. Placing the quality department under the production manager.

14:44 - 3. Putting the production manager in charge of the planning department.

16:20 - 4. No planning system at all!

20:35 - 5. No team of manufacturing engineers.

24:16 - 6. No dedicated HR department or the HR staff are at a junior level.

27:08 - 7. Job titles are unclear on the org chart and sometimes inappropriate for the person.

30:44 - Summary and wrapping up.

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