A report on the LASFs 3rd Annual Conference on the Validation of Laboratory Systems.

The purpose of a vendor audit is to evaluate a potential supplier’s ability to produce and support a product. Producing a product involves the ability to understand user requirements, to turn those requirements into a functional specification and then into a usable product. Support covers everything from long-term financial stability, answering questions about products, providing a forum for customer feedback, to enhancement ofa product to meet changing requirements.