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Karen R
We're in the process of instituting a major upgrade of our purchasing software, and the team developing the purchase order module has asked me about the requirement for on-time delivery (hard to believe, I know!).
Under QS, we addressed the requirement for 100% on-time delivery performance from our subcontractors by creating a blanket statement that printed on every PO - "XXX Company requires 100% on-time delivery on all items. Of course that was overkill, but it wasn't a problem at our facility because of the way we ordered and received, pretty much everything was on time.
Now corporate is thinking they need to apply this statement to all POs issued by the company for everything - a hard coded field that can't be changed. In looking at the TS standard tho, there is no longer that 100% requirement and I don't think we want to paint ourselves into the corner with the potential of having to explain what we do when office supplies are late.
Understanding that we need a process to track performance of vendors who meet the definition of supplier (formerly subcontractor) and address anything we have defined as being a concern... is the statement on the PO necessary? What is Purchasing's responsibility?
Under QS, we addressed the requirement for 100% on-time delivery performance from our subcontractors by creating a blanket statement that printed on every PO - "XXX Company requires 100% on-time delivery on all items. Of course that was overkill, but it wasn't a problem at our facility because of the way we ordered and received, pretty much everything was on time.
Now corporate is thinking they need to apply this statement to all POs issued by the company for everything - a hard coded field that can't be changed. In looking at the TS standard tho, there is no longer that 100% requirement and I don't think we want to paint ourselves into the corner with the potential of having to explain what we do when office supplies are late.
Understanding that we need a process to track performance of vendors who meet the definition of supplier (formerly subcontractor) and address anything we have defined as being a concern... is the statement on the PO necessary? What is Purchasing's responsibility?