Long term Partnerships
In VILA we pursue a close cooperation with our suppliers. We focus on long term cooperation and value the knowledge and technical expertise we get from our supplier base.
Supply Chain Management
All suppliers are rolled into BESTSELLER’s factory standards program, a rating system created for making suppliers and factories accountable to our social and labour, environmental and chemical requirements. The rating will be key to meeting the BESTSELLER GROUP's 2025 goal of 75% of all product orders made with suppliers that are highly rated. We are proud to state that in 2023, 76% of our order volume was from our top 10 preferred suppliers.
The factory standard program is a continuous quality assurance process that requires documentation collecting, worker interviews, and onsite visits from either our local sourcing teams or 3rd party auditors.
The data from each factory assessment is fed into our internal information systems to manage a rating for all suppliers onboarded. VILA conducts half yearly business-touchdowns with our internal Supply Chain Management (SCM) team focusing on quality assurance, compliance, supplier performance and sustainability. The SCM team oversees the entire journey of goods and services, from sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products to VILA's end consumers.
Supply Chain Management
All suppliers are rolled into BESTSELLER’s factory standards program, a rating system created for making suppliers and factories accountable to our social and labour, environmental and chemical requirements. The rating will be key to meeting the BESTSELLER GROUP's 2025 goal of 75% of all product orders made with suppliers that are highly rated. We are proud to state that in 2023, 76% of our order volume was from our top 10 preferred suppliers.
The factory standard program is a continuous quality assurance process that requires documentation collecting, worker interviews, and onsite visits from either our local sourcing teams or 3rd party auditors.
The data from each factory assessment is fed into our internal information systems to manage a rating for all suppliers onboarded. VILA conducts half yearly business-touchdowns with our internal Supply Chain Management (SCM) team focusing on quality assurance, compliance, supplier performance and sustainability. The SCM team oversees the entire journey of goods and services, from sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products to VILA's end consumers.
Onboarding New Suppliers
When introducing new suppliers (and factories) to VILA, we are committed to provide full information for BESTSELLER requirements on Quality, Social/Labour, Environment and Chemical Management, and expectations for the cooperation. We will need to ensure that the full supply chain in tier 1 and Factory Standards Program assessment scope is disclosed, and that master data is registered correctly.
Our local sourcing offices will assess whether the factory in onboarding meets our Technical Requirements through Technical Review and Social/Labour and Environmental requirements. In addition to this we will support new suppliers and factories in the remediation process of any concern found in their setup.
We ensure that we also follow Responsible Offboarding principles, Certain action steps are followed for suppliers and factories that are being offboarded within VILA, in case Offboarding is needed.
Onboarding New Suppliers
When introducing new suppliers (and factories) to VILA, we are committed to provide full information for BESTSELLER requirements on Quality, Social/Labour, Environment and Chemical Management, and expectations for the cooperation. We will need to ensure that the full supply chain in tier 1 and Factory Standards Program assessment scope is disclosed, and that master data is registered correctly.
Our local sourcing offices will assess whether the factory in onboarding meets our Technical Requirements through Technical Review and Social/Labour and Environmental requirements. In addition to this we will support new suppliers and factories in the remediation process of any concern found in their setup.
We ensure that we also follow Responsible Offboarding principles, Certain action steps are followed for suppliers and factories that are being offboarded within VILA, in case Offboarding is needed.