Sears and K-mart factory inspection details

Sears and K-mart factory inspection details

Introduction: After Sears merged with K-mart in 2005, Sears Holding Corporation Ltd (SHC) was formed.

After consultation, SHC decided to use Sears' factory inspection standards to audit and monitor the suppliers of the two companies.

For factories that have been audited by K-mart before, they will be audited again using Sears standards during follow-up audits, and the C-TPAT requirements will also be cancelled.

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Features: Because Sears understands and recognizes the Chinese national conditions: it is difficult to achieve the ideal wage and working hours standards. Therefore, WRIP (Wage Research

Improvement Program: Wage Survey and Improvement Program) is designed to require factories to provide true wage and working time records.

SHC will not terminate employees’ employment regardless of whether their actual hours violate the 60/72 model or whether their hourly wages meet the minimum requirements of local laws.

Stop doing business with the factory and work with the factory to resolve the problem.

Result: Acceptable - Minor non-conformity, follow up after 12 months, no impact on business.

Continuous improvement - many minor non-conformities, one major non-conformity, such as insufficient overtime pay, followed up after 90 days, no impact on business

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Not Acceptable - More serious non-conformance, such as forged documents, insufficient payment of minimum wage, follow-up after 60 days, may affect future business.

Termination of cooperation - Serious non-conformity, such as child labor, forced labor, bribery, three failures, termination of all business.

Note: If the auditor finds that the factory has "false" behavior in terms of working hours and wages three times, the factory will be "frozen" for one year.

Factories cannot produce Sears products. So if they are too fake, they will be severely punished. If they are not fake, they will be followed up. Finding a balance is a pressing task for factories.

The essence of everything lies between truth and falsehood. When the truth seems false, the false is also true, and the truth and falsehood are more charming.