Carry a critical supplier change through qualification

Tie supplier audits and trials to approved materials, customer approvals, open orders and exit terms. Procurement and quality choose a cutover without exposing production to unqualified inputs.

A proposed change affects an approved product, process, contract or operating plan.

People in the process

PProcurement & Supplier ManagementProcess Owner
QQualityParticipating Team
EEngineeringParticipating Team
LLegalParticipating Team

Records it works with

Change request and current approved baseline
Affected agreements, policies and operating records
Technical, commercial and regulatory assessments

The process is a starting point.The standards are yours.

Configure for the actual site, process, workforce and materials. Applicable labour and factory rules, pollution consents, waste, chemical, electrical and fire requirements depend on the activity and jurisdiction. MSE cases require an eligibility and forum check.

Keep the work connected.

Procurement & Supplier Management

Compare bids against the same technical scope

Normalize quotations for specification, exclusions, tooling, freight, taxes, lead time and warranty. Purchasing can negotiate on a comparable basis and expose a low quote that cannot meet the job.

Procurement & Supplier Management

Resolve supplier defects and replacement costs

Join incoming inspection, concessions, rejected quantities, replacement deliveries and purchase terms. QA owns disposition while procurement tests warranty or debit rights before closing the supplier account.

Procurement & Supplier Management

Keep long-lead purchases aligned to revised demand

Reconcile engineering release, forecast, purchase commitments and supplier lead times. Buyers can renegotiate or defer exposed orders when a customer change makes components obsolete or late.

EPS

Explore all Manufacturing processes.

Order for the work. Room for the people.