How to choose suppliers and partners: Tips YouControl

Article for those who conducts business in the B2B-sector. Find reliable contractors - one of the biggest challenges for any company. On the question of how to choose suppliers and partners and not to burn, we appealed to the YouControl. Here are the recommendations given there.

YouControl - a search business system that provides "dossier" on the territory of Ukraine registered companies and entrepreneurs: when, where and by whom established company which activities are taking place, what is its financial condition if it is not there for tax debts and is not involved in litigation litigation. Data accumulated from the state registers 10 and 20 open databases.

As the experts in matters of cooperation with suppliers and partners, we asked YouControl give some advice to our readers. What to look out for before you sign a contract, and whether you can protect your business from dishonest contractors?

Vote the way the partner to meet you

For example, you want to send accounting outsourcing. Market for tens (if not hundreds) of companies engaged in book-keeping, with roughly the same set of services and prices. Determine the rating or the profitability of each proposal - is like to count the grains of sand on the beach.

To begin, make a list of potential partners. You can use the directory to search but the business system more convenient. For example, YouControl allows you to sort companies by field of activity and search by keywords.

At the same time YouControl open API, ie the system can be integrated with CRM or "1C". By the way, this chip is used in many lead generation.

Making a list, review the portfolio of potential partners. Sketches, line of products, with photo exhibitions, awards and things like that are not taken from the ceiling. This is the result of work of the enterprise, its background is. Choose a company with a good reputation and solid experience.

most professional

Not all the information is in the public domain. But it is always possible to clarify the points of interest directly from the potential partner.

Notice how quickly and accurately you respond. If the company always ready to prepare a presentation for you or to make an offer, then they are true professionals and are open to cooperation.

check the legality of

The press constantly erupting scandals with firms one-day. In order not to run into one of these, be sure to check the legal status and financial condition of the company.

Pay special attention to the registration data: organizational and legal form, the founders, the date of entering into the State Register and Registration with the tax authorities.

A simple example. The company's portfolio is said that it is on the market for over 10 years, but in fact the legal person is registered only a year. Of course, we can talk about a simple reorganization. But it is an occasion guard: whether the firm tracks of the fetus "daughters" are not swept out and changing its name?

Get information about the registration of legal entities and entrepreneurs can be on the official websites of the tax authorities. But given there is usually scattered across dozens of directories: have to tinker to find the message. In this way, construction is one of the main competitive advantages YouControl - system provides structured information, where once everything is clear.

Do not hesitate to learn the ins and outs

When the choice is almost done, the negotiations are successful and can only sign a contract... Stop! Check whether the "almost partner 'baggage in the form of lawsuits. quite confidential, and many people consider such inspections ugly at this stage of the relationship between the contracting parties. It is like on a date to look into the passport - whether married fiancee? But it is more expensive: the moral prejudices or equity?

Find out if there are any complaints against the company and judicial decisions, it is possible through craft sites. But the search, again, can be time consuming. With YouControl obtain the necessary data as well as to get acquainted with court decisions can in two clicks.

A study of these documents is important. So, there is a practice in bankruptcy filing claims on all counterparties to further clarify their status. In other words, the company may be involved in the arbitration process, but innocent. Therefore, analyze the reason why the claim is made and the court's decision.

Always keep your finger on the pulse

Check the trustworthiness of the partners and suppliers should not only initially, but also throughout the period of engagement. After all, even large companies can lose their financial equilibrium. Not uncommon, for example, when companies work together for many years, and after the conclusion of the next transaction it turns out that the property of one of them seized.

For these purposes there YouControl monitoring feature that lets you quickly track all changes made to the contractors. Changed legal form? The firm sued? The system sends email-alerts.

In summary, we can conclude that the main principle in choosing suppliers and partners - trust but verify. Business - it is always a risk. But it can be minimized. Help in this YouControl and other search business systems.