How One Buyer Used Supplier Audits to Root Out Forced Labor

The Buyer's Side with Fexingo: Procurement, Sourcing, and B2B Purchasing Decisions · Jun 12, 2026 · 8m · transcript

In this episode of The Buyer's Side, Lucas and Luna examine the growing challenge of forced labor in global supply chains—and how one procurement team at a mid-sized electronics manufacturer used supplier audits to uncover and eliminate it. The episode walks through a specific case: how the company's lead buyer, Sarah Chen, discovered that a key supplier in Southeast Asia was using coerced labor through deceptive recruitment fees, and how she redesigned the audit process to catch it. Lucas explains the difference between a compliance audit and a forced labor audit, the red flags…