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The note attached to clause 4.1.1.3 needs to be interpreted carefully otherwise you will have every individual setting up systems to monitor their relationship with the people to whom they provide product or information. Everyone needs to be aware of their relationships with others but formal systems are only necessary between organizations. If your organization receives formal orders from other parts of the same company then there may be benefit in treating this as a customer-supplier relationship and monitoring customer satisfaction. 

TQM calls on project teams to analyze business processes in terms of customer satisfaction, and begins with an understanding of who the customers are and who is responsible for meeting their expectations. In relatively simple processes (such as the electronic mail example), the customer-supplier relationship is fairly clearcut. In more complex processes that affect many people in different ways, there may be multiple customer and supplier categories, each requiring its own analysis. TQM untangles these processes by identifying the subprocesses, activities, and customer-supplier relationships they comprise. 

Walter G. Copan, Lubrizol Corporation I wanted to thank you for your insight on the subject. Your comments on these issues have resonated with many of us. We have certainly begun to see the power of the potential represented by the interactions between human beings and models. This impact can be seen in new kinds of customer-supplier relationships as well as partner interactions. Because shared models create a deep, rich dialogue that provides profound insights, a much higher level of understanding is possible. 

The Internet has provided customers (both industrial and consumer) with a new way to interact with their supply chain. Electronic commerce has been widely hailed as a revolution that will permanently transform the landscape of customer/supplier relationships. Although the realities of the dot-com bust have tempered the rhetoric used to describe the changes brought forth by electronic commerce, the Internet will continue to serve an important role in business during the 21 century. During the nascent period of electronic commerce, independent e-tailers, funded by a heavy flow of money from venture capitalists, played a dominant role in the development of internet-based sales to end consumers. For many product categories, independent e-tailers continue... 

There have been two different but equally successful precedents for implementing quality assurance in Europe. In the UK and France, large gas and water utilities were able to create corporate standards to apply through purchase and supply contracts within a customer/contractor relationship with pipe suppliers. In Germany, the proliferation of local authority owned gas and water utilities meant they were too small to impose corporate standards. Instead, the contractual relationship with the larger pipe supply companies was maintained by standards set by third parties such as the German DVGW, supported by independent test houses. 

A further development of customer/supplier relationship management is represented by customer interaction models (ClMs) and the supplier interaction models (SIMs). Besides the relationship that is aspired to with respect to a given customer/supplier segment CIMs and SIMs define ... 

The relationship a manufacturer has with its suppliers is critical. This involves more than just having a good fit between customer needs and supplier capabilities. The customer-supplier relationship, or perhaps we should say relationships, can have far-reaching affects, not just on the manufacturing floor, but in engineering, accounting, sales, even corporate branding. 

The organization ensures the understanding of current and future customer needs and expectations through leadership, the involvement of people, continual improvement, and a mutually beneficial relationship with the supplier. 

Our mission is to build a relationship with our customers and suppliers to ensure that quality is never compromised... 

These three trends offer significant opportunities, especially for the large distributors which have sufficient resources to cover the geographical scope and skill requirements, and to create new win-win business relationships with suppliers and customers. 

Do they have good customer relations How often will a representative call on the pharmacy Can I develop a positive business relationship with this supplier ... 

People who own and operate natural foods stores tend to be much more than food store managers. They usually believe that natural and organic foods are intrinsically healthier and that the growing of such foods is beneficial to the earth. They are more careful about the suppliers they use and they often have a personal relationship with their customers. The people who buy natural and organic foods are also committed to eating only the freshest, least processed, seasonal foods. 

Recently, at my place of work, I had occasion to order one pound of Rochelle salts (potassium sodium tartarate) from a major chemical supplier. This material was for use in a laboratory scale cyanide copper plating bath, where the Rochelle salt acts as a complexor. To get them to sell me this material, I had to answer a battery of questions, in spite of the fact that the firm at which I work has had a long customer relationship with this major chemical supplier. Less scrutiny of tartaric acid purchases would likely be encountered from a firm which supplies chemicals to the plating industry. To get tartaric acid from Rochelle salts, just dissolve them in water, and then add hydrochloric acid until the pH of the decimolar solution reaches 2. 

Nature of the business in terms of customer orders This cheuacterization includes make-to-stock, make-to-order, assemble-to-order, and engineer-to-order. It has a great deal to do with what the detailed business operations ace and how operational and tactical planning is done. Qeariy this categorization has a tremendous influence on the ERP requirements emd on the behavior of the enterprise in its supply chain. More than any other, this characterization determines the nature of the delivery activities and the dependence on supplier relationships. 

Many companies think that long-term contracts are what drive supplier relationships. As a result they make sure that there is lots of legal-ese in the contracts to protect them as the customer. Does this work Not eally I have seen steel manufacturers and distributors that had contracts ith suppliers to get materials. These should be met, but with the global steel shortage in the first part of 2006 maty distributors were unable to get ary steel. The customers of the distributors sued in some cases for breach of contract but it onty caused the destruction of the distributor and got them... 

There are mat r areas that need to be covered in the mission statement specifically. One of these is the relationship with customers and suppliers. By placing this in the mission statement it is easy to communicate the executive commitment to managing the supply chain. Effective supply chain management really is based on relationships. 

How many suppliers does your comparer have For an example, an automobile compaity can have as maity as 50,000 suppliers. Think about the vastness of the task of managing all of these suppliers and getting the performance that your business requires. This is where a supply base reduction may be required to help get the supply base to a manageable level. There are maity benefits to an effective supplier management system. Some of these are better supplier performance on the critical characteristics for your operation, lower costs, lower inventories, less obsolete materials, quicker response to your customer needs, and good relationships with the suppliers. 

These factors enter in significantly when the supplier is international and not be using U.S. currency for p ment. There may also be limits as far as volumes that increase taxes and duties. All of this needs to be considered with the supplier. When material is coming through customs there can be delays and as a result deliveries m be missed or late. 1 have seen projected dates missed as containers were held in customs for an extra day or two. A good relationship with the supplier may help work through some of these issues and make adjustments. 

Will installation of a software package that improves your operations efficiency always help with customer and supplier relationships Why Why not ... 

There are a wide variety of customer-supplier situations and they can be resolved in mai different ways. The good ones I m sure we will run into again, but the bad ones will be around for a limited time. As we look at supplier relationships we must go all the w to the consumer and make sure that he or she is satisfied with our product and/or service if we are really going to be successful in the market today. 

In years past, customers were able to drive the prices and deliveries of their materials. This was possible in a domestic economy. With globalization increasing more and more each day, customers must begin to build relationships with their suppliers and practice effective supply chain management to maintain the supply of essential materials. 

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