Supplier Development

Structured activities to improve a supplier's capability, process performance, quality or delivery reliability.

Examples

01Through supplier development, the customer sends an engineer to help a small machining supplier set up SPC on its key characteristics.
02Supplier development progress is reviewed monthly with the supplier using scrap rate, PPM at the customer and on-time delivery.
03When supplier development has not improved results after a year, the supplier is placed on a phase-out list and a second source is qualified.