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I'm not a 9100 guy, and this thread is pretty one-sided, so I'll be Devil's advocate:
Having to have, and operate according to, a functional quality management system might entail additional costs.
Whether or not some of us might think those costs would be offset by productivity gains due to improved managerial effectiveness, it's common for those who are resisting operating according to a QMS to sincerely believe that doing so would entail higher costs.
I'm guessing that if your supplier does five hundred jobs a year for you, you're a strategically important customer for them. Maybe without your business, they'd be out of business.
Given that guess, what is your supplier hearing from your purchasing people regarding pricing? Have they been under pricing pressure for a while, perhaps while under materials and labor cost pressure as well? Does your supplier feel, at their senior management level, that adding regulatory costs to their business relationship with you would kill their company? Has your company internally coordinated its message to the supplier?
Having to have, and operate according to, a functional quality management system might entail additional costs.
Whether or not some of us might think those costs would be offset by productivity gains due to improved managerial effectiveness, it's common for those who are resisting operating according to a QMS to sincerely believe that doing so would entail higher costs.
I'm guessing that if your supplier does five hundred jobs a year for you, you're a strategically important customer for them. Maybe without your business, they'd be out of business.
Given that guess, what is your supplier hearing from your purchasing people regarding pricing? Have they been under pricing pressure for a while, perhaps while under materials and labor cost pressure as well? Does your supplier feel, at their senior management level, that adding regulatory costs to their business relationship with you would kill their company? Has your company internally coordinated its message to the supplier?
