Supplier Requirements Manual - AK Steel

2Chapter 2: Supplier CriteriaAK Steel focuses on core manufacturing processes and our Suppliers must also be developing andperfecting their core competencies. To maintain a long term relationship with AK Steel Suppliersmust:• Be competitive in quality, technology, service and cost.• Provide defect-free products for all direct and indirect materials / resources.• Maintain and register a quality system which meets the requirements of ISO 9001/ TS 16949or an industry appropriate equivalent.• Provide the lowest total cost products driving toward 5% year-over-year reductions throughcontinual improvement initiatives.• Be capable of validating products for AK Steel specific applications.• Deliver product 100% on time.Quality SystemAK Steel requires Suppliers to achieve registration, by an accredited certification body to ISO9001/ TS16949 Quality Management Standard or an industry appropriate equivalent for eachlocation that serves the company.AK Steel recommends Suppliers take the initiative to register to ISO/TS 16949. AK Steelrecognizes that Suppliers not producing product/service for the automotive market are not eligibleto register to ISO/TS 16949.Suppliers can obtain copies of the ISO/TS 16949 Third Edition 2009-06-15 standard or the ISO9001:2008 standard from Automotive Industry Action Group, AIAG.Any Supplier having its quality registration/certification withdrawn by the issuing certificationbody or, the by its own action, cancels their quality standard certification, must notify AK SteelPurchasing and the AK Steel manufacturing location(s) within five (5) working days of the decertification.Supplier Quality System AssessmentA potential/current Supplier that has not registered their quality system as stated above may beaudited by AK Steel, at the Supplier’s cost, in order to be considered/maintained as a Supplier toAK Steel. AK Steel will audit the Supplier’s quality system to the requirements of ISO 9001.AK Steel Supplier Requirements Page 9 of 55Revised 01/13