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Hi all
Due to a change in my role I am in the process of improving the way we go about reviewing supplier documentation.
I have a question regarding supplier control plans but I guess this relates also to FMEA's and other documents.
How do you know that the suppliers control plan is good enough?
We make some parts ourselves from raw materials, but other parts that we don't have manufacturing capabilities / knowledge on are sent out for quote.
My concerns are that we don't necessarily have the knowledge to challenge the specifics of the suppliers control plan since the product may have attributes and may use manufacturing techniques that we are not familiar with. So how do we go about approving them as acceptable?
Some people tell me that the suppliers are the experts and that we must trust them, but that doesn't help when we get non-conformances that should have been prevented by better controls from the outset that have been overlooked.
Thanks
Nick
Due to a change in my role I am in the process of improving the way we go about reviewing supplier documentation.
I have a question regarding supplier control plans but I guess this relates also to FMEA's and other documents.
How do you know that the suppliers control plan is good enough?
We make some parts ourselves from raw materials, but other parts that we don't have manufacturing capabilities / knowledge on are sent out for quote.
My concerns are that we don't necessarily have the knowledge to challenge the specifics of the suppliers control plan since the product may have attributes and may use manufacturing techniques that we are not familiar with. So how do we go about approving them as acceptable?
Some people tell me that the suppliers are the experts and that we must trust them, but that doesn't help when we get non-conformances that should have been prevented by better controls from the outset that have been overlooked.
Thanks
Nick
