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Supplier Qualification Assessment
Decide whether to buy a particular kind of work from a particular supplier, from evidence: 26 criteria across eight areas, critical ones marked, a result that counts itself, and a decision with its scope and conditions written down.
- Excel
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- Worked example
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Page 1 of the PDF. Every resource includes a fully worked example.
The problem it solves
New suppliers are often approved on a certificate and a quote: the buyer needs a source, the certificate is in the file, and the supplier goes on the list as 'Approved' with no scope. The questions that matter go unasked: does their accreditation cover the exact process on our PO, is our customer's approval needed, can they hold our tolerance on our volume, who does their special processes, will they accept our quality clauses. This assessment walks through those questions, marks the ones that must be met before production, counts the result, and records a decision with a scope and conditions that go straight onto the approved supplier list.
Who uses it
Supplier quality engineers, who assess; quality managers, who decide; buyers and engineers, who request a new source.
When
Before the first production order with a new supplier, a new site of an existing supplier, or new kind of work from an existing one; when a customer directs you to a source; and when a supplier comes off the list and asks to return.
Free to use, change and copy, in your own organization or with your clients; add your own logo, keep the Aegis credit. Part of: Supplier Performance and Recovery Kit. Clause references: 8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3 (numbers only; use your own licensed copy of the standard).
A management aid, not certification or a registrar audit. Using it does not by itself show conformity to AS9100D or any other standard.
How to put it to work
Chapters of our free guides that use this tool.
- The kit at a glanceThe Supplier Performance and Recovery Kit Handbook, chapter 2
- The supplier control workflowThe Supplier Performance and Recovery Kit Handbook, chapter 3
- Who does whatThe Supplier Performance and Recovery Kit Handbook, chapter 4
- Choosing and qualifying suppliersThe Supplier Performance and Recovery Kit Handbook, chapter 5
- Running the systemThe Supplier Performance and Recovery Kit Handbook, chapter 13
- Worked example: the supply base at Meridian Aerostructures, through the kitThe Supplier Performance and Recovery Kit Handbook, chapter 15
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