1996 Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap - Civil and ...

Appendix A
IPC Purchasing
Suppliers need to be evaluated based on their capability for supplying a
certain product or technology range long-term rather than on simply
short-term factors. Capability includes (in addition to unit price) one
of the following: supplier technical/process/quality system capability
and direction; environmental and safety factors; financial
stability/performance; organizational culture; and quality and
dependability.
In the future, the purchasing organization must be part of a
multidisciplinary acquisition process team with the real-time
knowledge of supplier technical capability, supplier capacity, supplier
cost drivers, and customers capabilities/requirements. A value-based
determination of supplier can be made by this team and as a result of
this knowledge, procurement cycle time will be reduced by
consideration of only critical drivers.
Suppliers must be involved up front in establishing requirements and
designs. There must be an accurate information exchange between
customers and suppliers. Effective information systems and enhanced
efforts regarding information sharing and joint planning would
described the future status of the electronic interconnect information
exchange.
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