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Aaron Lupo
I would like some opinions and ideas on how your companies go about this.
As of right now we classify our suppliers Critical-we have to audit every 2 years unless they are ISO certified. Now this is how we define Critical- Material, service or equipment essential to the quality of testing and/or production which may be purchased from only one subcontractor. I think if we left the “may be purchased from only one subcontractor” part off it would be better, however I could see where managers would get confused and try to classify just about everything as critical.
So how do your companies classify Critical and Major suppliers, how do you define them, and how do you decide which ones you audit?
As of right now we classify our suppliers Critical-we have to audit every 2 years unless they are ISO certified. Now this is how we define Critical- Material, service or equipment essential to the quality of testing and/or production which may be purchased from only one subcontractor. I think if we left the “may be purchased from only one subcontractor” part off it would be better, however I could see where managers would get confused and try to classify just about everything as critical.
So how do your companies classify Critical and Major suppliers, how do you define them, and how do you decide which ones you audit?