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Following on from the URS, a system definition consisting of Functional Design Specification (FDS) needs to be collated. The URS does not necessarily specify the chosen MRP II system, and if this is the case, the FDS will need to introduce and overview the selected MRP II system. The FDS will define the URS business processes at a transaction level. Referenced documentation published by the supplier defining the standard MRP II software product and its functionahty should be retained and maintained with the current version of the MRP II software used. It is important to identify those functions of the standard MRP II system that are used and specifically document which functions are not being used. 

Chrysler requires that its suppliers be certified to the automobile industry s quality standard, called QS-9000. That standard, generated by a team of auto OEMs, accreditation bodies, and suppliers, defines internal quality processes that suppliers must use. An independent registrar must certify compliance with these processes. They cover continuous improvement, defect prevention, and reduction in variation. QS-9000 provides a foundation of basic requirements for any supplier wanting to serve any of the major automobile companies. 

Joint service agreements (JSAs) between buyers and suppliers Define the levels of flexibility or resource upside available within stated lead times and agreed upon conditions 3-Supplier segmentation and supply strategy o X X X... 

Instrumentation and field devices There is a need to place a requirement upon OEM suppliers defining the hazardous failure modes together with an integrity (e.g., SIL or SFF) requirement. 

The standards for tests, which are cited in reference to the standards for characteristics. In order for a client and his supplier to compare their results during a commercial transaction, it is important that their laboratories rigorously follow the same operating procedures. The procedures are thus precisely defined in the standards. 

A specification or standard for product characteristics is valid only if it is matched with references to well defined and recognized test methods, such that quality control tests conducted by the parties involved —client and supplier, for example— are comparable even if they are performed at different locations. 

There are obvious benefits to be derived from consensus standards which define the chemistry and properties of specific materials. Such standards allow designers and users of materi s to work with confidence that the materials supplied will have the expected minimum properties. Designers and users can also be confident that comparable materials can be purchased from several suppliers. Producers are confident that materials produced to an accepted standard will find a ready market and therefore can be produced efficiently in large factories. 

The factor 3 appears because the viscosity is defined for shear deformation - as is the shear modulus G. For tensile deformation we want the viscous equivalent of Young s modulus . The answer is 3ri, for much the same reason that = (8/3)G 3G - see Chapter 3.) Data giving C and Q for polymers are available from suppliers. Then... 

Define a produet and programme quality requirements Evaluate alternative suppliers Seleet suppliers... 

Import is defined as causing the chemical to be imported into the customs territory of the United States. If you order a covered toxic chemical (or a mixture containing the chemical) from a foreign supplier, then you have imported the chemical when that shipment arrives at your facility directly from a source outside of the United States. By ordering the chemical, you have caused it to be imported," even though you may have used an import brokerage firm as an agent to obtain the chemical. 

The emissions of gases and vapors (and particles) from surfaces (both building materials and equipment) are easy to define in theory but can be very difficult to quantify in practice. There are many contaminants that can be gen erated, which makes it necessary to define the levels for a few, which are to be cho.sen from data from suppliers or from contaminants known to be generated by used materials. ... 

During the initial audit evidence of progress on audit and review actions, and progress toward Cl targets has to be demonstrated. Hence it is not sufficient for the supplier to have defined Cl targets, and not sufficient for internal audits and management reviews to have been conducted - there has to be evidence of achievement. 

The standard requires that the supplier s management with executive responsibility define and document its policy for quality. 

The second part of the responsibility and authority requirement requires the supplier to define the responsibility, authority, and interrelation of personnel who need the organizational freedom and authority to ... 

The standard requires that the quality system be reviewed at defined intervals sufficient to ensure its continuing suitability and effectiveness in satisfying the requirements of ISO 9001 and the supplier s stated quality policy and objectives. There is also a supplementary requirement in clause 4.2.8 for the performance of the system to be evaluated to verify the effectiveness of its operation. 

Create project management procedures (where applicable) that define interfaces with line departments, customers, and suppliers. 

The standard requires the supplier to define and document how the requirements for quality will be met. 

The requirements for quality are the objectives which the organization is committed to achieving through the contract. They may relate to products, services, or both. The vehicle for you to define and document how these objectives will be met is called a quality plan but may be known by other names such as a project plan or contract plan. In some cases the requirement may be met in the form of a technical proposal by the supplier to the customer. 

Generically there are two types of requirements defining requirements and verification requirements. Defining requirements specify the features and characteristics required of a product, process, or service. (Within the standard these are termed specified requirements.) These may be wholly specified by the customer or by the supplier or a mixture of the two. Verification requirements specify the requirements for verifying that the defining requirements have been achieved and again may be wholly specified by the customer or by the supplier or a mixture of the two. With verification requirements, how-... 

The standard requires the supplier to develop methods for evaluating the effectiveness of existing operations and recommends appropriate metrics are identified and defined. 

The standard allows for undocumented verbal orders but requires that the order requirements are agreed before their acceptance. The third party auditor cannot confirm conformity with this requirement as there will be no objective evidence to substantiate the transaction other than the payment invoice. If the supplier confirms the agreement in writing a written statement of requirement exists. The standard does not stipulate that the agreement has to be documented only that the requirements need to be documented regardless of who produced them. The only evidence that the requirements were adequately defined is therefore the payment from the customer against the supplier s invoice. 

The supplier then confirms with the customer that the correct lamp has been located. (The supplier is ensuring that the requirements are adequately defined. There is no document unless the customer makes the transaction by mail and there is no tender because the customer did not request one. These requirements of clause 4.3.2.1 are therefore not applicable.)... 

The standard requires the supplier to prepare plans for each design and development activify which describe or reference these activities and define responsibility for their im piemen ta tion. 

Define the work that the supplier is to carry out in a statement of work or list of tasks. 

Define the requirements that the supplier is to meet in a controlled specification. 

There are four separate clauses to this part of the standard. The first applies to all purchases, the second only to subcontractors, the third to all purchases, and the fourth when specified in the contract. Subcontractors in the context of ISO 9001 are defined as providers of product, materials, or services. Although a subcontractor is normally an organization that supplies product to your specification and a supplier one who supplies product to their own specification, in the context of ISO/TS 16949 both are classed as subcontractors. 

The standard does not define what the specified requirements are in this case. Elsewhere in the standard the term seems to relate to customer requirements but when purchasing you may well not be passing on customer requirements to your supplier. In cases other than when truly subcontracting work, you will in all probability be deriving your own requirements. 

The standard requires suppliers to define the type and extent of control exercised bp the supplier over subcontractors and goes on to require that these controls be dependent upon the type of product, the impact of the product on the quality of the final product, and, where applicable, on the quality audit reports and/or quality records of the previ-ousty demonstrated capability and performance of subcontractors. 

The standard requires the supplier to define the process employed for the calibration of inspection, measuring, and test equipment, including details of equipment type, unique identification, location, frequency of checks, check method, acceptance criteria, and the action to be taken when results are unsatisfactory. 

The standard requires the supplier to maintain the identification of inspection and test status of the product, as defined in the quality plan and/or documented procedures throughout production, installation, and servicing to ensure that onty product that has passed the required inspections and tests (or released under an authorized concession) is dispatched, used, or installed. 

Many companies have adopted Total Quality Management as a way to promote continuous improvement in a broad range of business applications. TQM considers all business activities as processes, each one of which involves specific customer-supplier relationships. These relationships may be entirely internal, defined in terms of the process under study. For example, delivering efficient electronic mail service is a "process" in TQM terms. The "customers" for your company s electronic mail system are the employees who use it the "supplier" may office services, MIS, or other support personnel. 

Documenting the Process. The net effect of these steps is a process description, defined in terms of customers and suppliers and their interaction. Next, the team can summarize that description in the form of a process flowchart, to illustrate the roles and responsibilities of each process stakeholder (see Figure 6-8). This chart provides the basis for developing standard operating procedures, or other process documentation, that the company can incorporate into existing practices. 

The third transition procedure defines the rules under which competitive suppliers of electricity can compete for end users. There are two polar models that are often debated for power market organization the direct access (or bilateral contracts) regime, and the Poolco regime. Under direct access, consumers enter into direct contracts with competitive suppliers of electricity, and competitive providers of electricity enter into contracts with, and pay an access fee to, the local (regulated) distribution company for the use of local power lines. 

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