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LesPiles
Dear Covers!
Question: we have approached an automotive manufacturer and it came to audit us. The bar is high but oh how interesting !
In its list of blames, the automotive manufacturer is criticizing us for not having a sourcing audit schedule to audit our suppliers. In fact, even to conduct our internal audits is a challenge ... but that?s another issue!
So, in order to build a supplier audit schedule, I?ve looked at our suppliers list, and sorted the suppliers that :
1) we have an influence over them,
2) we have a significant amount of orders (in $ terms), and
3) we have experienced a number of problems with them.
From this list, I made a template where appears in x-axis the time (months) and in y-axis suppliers. I think it is good but however, this does not satisfy me ... at least not yet.
I have some fears:
? That we cannot fulfill the objectives of audits in view of our current resources ? in both departments involved (Quality Assurance + Purchasing Dept) ;
? That the exercise would not be fully understood by suppliers (we?ve never been subjected to automotive standards ? this also applies to them);
? That resources will not be allocated by our management (audit external suppliers involves travel and therefore costs).
I would like your feedback on these points. Also, any help would be appreciated by someone who has already had to build such a program - and if the documentation could also be shared it would be great!
LesPiles
Question: we have approached an automotive manufacturer and it came to audit us. The bar is high but oh how interesting !
In its list of blames, the automotive manufacturer is criticizing us for not having a sourcing audit schedule to audit our suppliers. In fact, even to conduct our internal audits is a challenge ... but that?s another issue!
So, in order to build a supplier audit schedule, I?ve looked at our suppliers list, and sorted the suppliers that :
1) we have an influence over them,
2) we have a significant amount of orders (in $ terms), and
3) we have experienced a number of problems with them.
From this list, I made a template where appears in x-axis the time (months) and in y-axis suppliers. I think it is good but however, this does not satisfy me ... at least not yet.
I have some fears:
? That we cannot fulfill the objectives of audits in view of our current resources ? in both departments involved (Quality Assurance + Purchasing Dept) ;
? That the exercise would not be fully understood by suppliers (we?ve never been subjected to automotive standards ? this also applies to them);
? That resources will not be allocated by our management (audit external suppliers involves travel and therefore costs).
I would like your feedback on these points. Also, any help would be appreciated by someone who has already had to build such a program - and if the documentation could also be shared it would be great!
LesPiles