Supplier responsiveness

The standard requires records of supplier responsible premium freight to be maintained. 

Change orientated. Seeks greater involvement with customers and suppliers. Responsive to change needed to deal with outside factors. 

Legislation on chemicals ( chemicals legislation ) Suppliers Responsibilities at the time of marketing (supply) ... 

The validation life-cycle approach applies to both in-house developed and purchased computer systems. Supplier responsibilities are indicated later in this chapter. Suppliers include internal development or support groups, external vendors, and outsource organizations. 

Lead Engineer Requirements Specification and prints Identify suppliers responsible... 

Demonstrable evidence in support of responses to audit questions should be sought whenever possible. Supplier responses should be challenged by asking how, where, when, what, why and who. 

Establishing a common management practice Defining customer and supplier responsibilities Stabilizing standards and their interpretation at a realistic level Linking validation to existing standards (e.g., ISO 9000)... 

Most users obtain labelled compounds from specialized commercial suppliers. Responsibility as to whether the radiochemical fulfils the requirements of a given experimental condition, however, remains with the investigator who should be aware of the possible pitfalls which may invalidate his final results and who should accordingly check the material obtained. 

Supplier responsibilities Suppliers responsible for specific components Suppliers responsible for entire sections of the aircraft... 

The performance metrics of such a supply base includes transaction cost, supply risk, supplier responsiveness, and suppher innovation (Choi and Krause 2006). These performance measures are largely determined by the architectural characteristics of the supply base and include, supplier diversity, number of suppliers in the base, and the linkages between suppliers, as shown in Fig. 4.7. 

Supplier responsiveness can increase in the size the supply base because a larger supply base increases the competitive pressure on suppliers, causing them to be more responsive. At the other extreme, a close relationship between the buyer and its suppliers also motivates supplier responsiveness (Liker and Choi 2004). Therefore, optimal supplier responsiveness can be achieved with a supply base that is neither too large nor too small. It follows that by working with a limited number of preferred suppliers the buyer can be more effective in communicating its needs and can better induce the suppliers to be responsive. 

Harrison, A. (1996) An investigation of the impact of schedule stability on supplier responsiveness. International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 83-91. 

Managing product quality, does the customer help the supplier to improve process capability Are aggressive targets (e.g. 50 ppm defects) set by the customer Is the supplier responsible for quality of incoming goods and warranty of the parts in service ... 

The VW bus and truck plant in Brazil is an experiment in the further development of the modular concept. The truck assembly operation has been divided into seven modules, with a supplier responsible for each. All the direct workers are on the supplier s payroll, and the supplier not only assembles the module, but also performs final assembly of the vehicle. The assembler s task has been downsized to engineering, design, supervision and administration. The Mercedes plant at Hambach in France, which produces the micro-compact Smart car, divides the vehicle into five main modules. Seven suppliers... 

Because of the hierarchical nature of the explicit safety argument, and the observation that its structure repeats between levels, the argument lends itself to being split between organisations. For example, an OEM may typically develop the safety argument down to, and including, the level of functional safety concept. The supplier responsible for developing the technical safety concept and hardware and software safety requirements can then develop the relevant downstream rationale in a similar manner to the OEM in order to justify the safety requirements they have developed. 

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