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Yes, you would also audit the quality system for your suppliers to confirm they are sufficiently controlling for upstream changes. In theory you can have all your ducks in a row.
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"In theory" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. ;)

Depending on the product and quantity, you can factor your purchase price level times 2-10 for every level of sub- and sub-sub-supplier you want to have audited to your "wacky spec" - which may even still sound kinda reasonable, until you realize your attack surface is basically fractal to the n-th degree. The amount of process steps and auxiliaries used in manufacturing is absolutely staggering.

Edit: I need to add this depends a lot on the sector. There's useful certificates for a lot of industries, if you choose to believe them.




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