1. Identity and money
We check the business licence against the legal entity, then match the bank account holder to that same name. A factory that asks you to wire a different company is the single most common way money is lost.
Prices here are landed costs in Canada — goods, freight, duty and the surtaxes most sellers leave out of the price. Each card also states what is still missing before it can legally cross the border. Where a number depends on a fact we have not recorded yet, the card says so rather than guessing.
Prices are indicative landed cost per unit at the stated quantity. They are computed from the current tariff and surtax schedules, not typed by hand.
Nothing matches that filter.
A supplier is listed as audited only when four separate things are on record: a business licence checked, a bank account matching the licensed name, a person who has visited the production floor, and an audit. Anything less is labelled as less.
We check the business licence against the legal entity, then match the bank account holder to that same name. A factory that asks you to wire a different company is the single most common way money is lost.
Someone walks the line and confirms the machines match the claim. A trading company quoting factory prices is not a crime, but you should be told which one you are buying from — so we label it.
Canadian duty, anti-dumping exposure and the steel and aluminium surtaxes routinely add more than the freight. We screen by goods description before a purchase order, because a finding can be assessed retroactively against the importer.
We do not print a badge for a document we have not seen. Where a certification or a bilingual label is outstanding, the card says so, in the same place it would have said "ready".