Supplier, preferred

Many clauses can be added to contracts that are beneficial to both parties. Some examples are  

A preferred supplier is best managed in a centralized manner. This becomes almost essential in a multi-plant situation to make sure that business goes to the preferred supplier. The corporate office sets up the system and local purchasing agents just issue the release against a blanket order. By setting 

Contracts with multiple locations and even multiple countries can be negotiated and monitored in this w. Better pricing and products can be obtained with laiger volumes and adequate controls. 

This can be a difficult area and may require some upper management intervention to convince some people that this woik must be done. Importance must be given to this area of implementation. Research and development is always very busy and may put this on a back burner if it is not given priority by upper management. The longer the implementation takes, the less money you will be saving. 

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Compile a list of preferred suppliers and subcontractors that you regularly use. 

The ongoing globalization either can develop to the benefit of the emerging Chinese and Indian fine-chemical companies or, if these companies do not succeed in becoming partners of the global life science industry, will allow the top-tier Western companies to maintain their preferred supplier status. 

BASF offers U.S. employees reimbursement accounts, tuition reimbursement, employee savings plans, adoption assistance and a preferred supplier discount. 

Reasons to Investigate ISO 14000. Benefits expected to accrue from registration under ISO 14000 include customer endorsement, possibly including government bodies in the United States and elsewhere. It is believed that customers may reduce the frequency of compliance audits or consider ISO 14001 companies as preferred suppliers. 

Rewards for this course of action are seen in more consistent catalyst quality, eventually reduced analytical costs, and opportunities to develop preferred supplier status to meet the special needs of the customer s individual chemical unit. 

Meet user needs Be easier to set up Be in production sooner Break down less often Be easier to repair Be easier to further develop Be used more efficiently Cheaper overall Preferred supplier... 

Some of the steps in the validation fife cycle will not be needed in some validation projects. For instance, the use of preferred suppliers for software and hardware products or services removes the need for repeated supplier appraisal and selection. Life-cycle steps, however, cannot be eliminated for packaged systems with embedded computer system systems purchased from, or subcontracted to, a vendor. The degree of redundancy in the life-cycle model used for validating existing computer system systems will be specified in the Validation Master Plan. 

The proposals that are received in response to the initial requests need to be evaluated against those requests to highlight any deviations. Preferred suppliers are then typically shortlisted. 

Postal Audits are usually used as part of the supplier selection shortlisting process. They may recommend an audit on a supplier s premises where extra detail is required, but typically such Supplier Audits are reserved for the preferred supplier in order to confirm their acceptability from a compliance perspective. 

Continuous Improvement 9 Ongoing evaluation of validation experienoe -0- Pilot innovative ideas and teohnology Preferred Suppliers Shared Audits Validation Experts Capability Assessments Teohnology Migration... 

Unless the supplier in question has already been accredited (better yet, proven) as a preferred supplier, a formal Supplier Audit is an essential prerequisite. Smaller blood establishments may choose to delegate a trusted third party to carry out an audit on their behalf. In all cases, a comprehensive checklist of the type outlined in Appendix M2 of GAMP 4 should be used. 

Of course, this is not to say that costs should not be minimized and potential complications, such as impurity profiles, etc., avoided by working with potentially commercial sources as early in the development process as possible. The problem is that only approximately 10% of phase I candidates will eventually be launched, and, furthermore, estimates of ultimate commercial demand will usually only become available toward the end of phase II. Suppliers may incur significant development costs before having any idea of the potential return, if, indeed, there is to be one at all. Obviously, this situation is not unique to chiral compounds and has lead to customers working with a selected number of preferred suppliers who gain access to a continuing number of opportunities. Speed of response will be one very important factor in making this selection. 

All available reagents in each class from preferred suppliers... 

The P IDs will identify the major equipment components to be modified or procured for the new process. It will outline the new equipment and associated controls required to run the process. The API manufacturer may have preferred suppliers of this equipment because of operability or maintenance issues. Most of the vessel and component suppliers in the industry are capable of supplying cGMP compliant equipment. The design firm or the API manufacturer will specify the equipment to include the necessary appurtenances to make the equipment cleanable. 

By looking at the totals from the evaluation step the preferred supplier will be very obvious. If for some reason it is not, there is enough detail available at this point to do some extensive analysis and pick the best supplier. The mathematieal data can be reviewed and eorrelated in maty different ways to determine the best supplier. 

The preferred supplier would be the one with the highest ranking. The strengths can be identified by looking at the business area breakdowa The overall rating will give the first evaluation point. Then look to the business areas for further breakdown. If specific questions are important these results can be looked at as well. 

Companies today are looking for ways to reduce raw material costs. Some companies still believe that demanding reduced prices from suppliers is the way to control costs. A more effective way of controlling costs is by doing a supply base reduction process and a preferred supplier selection. When this process is completed successfully the best suppliers are found and real financial benefits as well as many intangible benefits can be obtained by both companies. 

The impact of implementation of a preferred supplier program can be significant, as shown in Table 6.1. Implementing a preferred supplier program will directly increase the profit picture of the compaiy. 

Table 6.1 The financial impact of implementation of a preferred supplier program.

Business should be moved to the selected preferred supplier as soon as possible. If the preferred supplier is an approved supplier, they should be given... 

Other similar products for which the preferred supplier is currently not approved should be investigated. The supplier should be asked if they have any chemical equivalent materials. If the preferred supplier has aiy, then samples should be requested and the necessary testing should begin. These tests should be completed as soon as possible so that the material can be purchased from the preferred supplier. In some situations a functional equivalent may need to be tested to try to increase the business from the preferred supplier as well as eliminate some of the non-preferred suppliers. 

Three steps that need to be implemented for the new preferred supplier are ... 

If the preferred supplier is already approved as an alternate, the purchase should be immediately moved to the preferred supplier. 

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