Learning Outcomes
Design and implement techniques for communicating with suppliers including scheduled meetings, routine and emergency reporting procedures, presenting explicit expectations, confirming awareness of criticality, etc.
Technical Communications
Contractual Documentation
–May include forecasts
–Eg Corrective action procedures
Additional ways of communicating requirements?
Routine Communications
–Typically includes report card feedback (at least quarterly)
–Monitoring of continual improvement initiatives
–Review of issues that have arisen
–Corrective action status
Briefing;
A short and concise summary of a situation
A presentation of information or instruction
Meeting
A gathering of people/parties for a purpose
What has the meeting decided
A briefing is normally used to indicate a 'feed' where information on a topic or situation is fed to the attendees as opposed to a meeting where ideas are exchanged and decisions made.
Who?
Meeting attendees should be LIMITED, invite only those that NEED to be there because they are part of the DECISION making process
What ?
Send the meeting agenda and supporting materials 24 to 48 hours BEFORE the meeting…..
Make sure THEY READ it……
AFTER the decision maker has reviewed and approved the content
Non-Routine Communications
Communication Plan
Supplier Logistics – Learning Outcomes
Describe the impact purchased products and services have on final product assembly or total service package, including ship-to-stock, just-in-time, etc.
Ship-to-Stock (STS)
–Candidacy
–Qualification
–Maintenance
Just-In-Time (JIT)
JIT is a material requirements planning system that provides for the delivery of material or product at the exact time and place where the material or product will be used. Coordinated delivery and production systems are required. The aim is to eliminate or reduce on-hand inventory and deliver material or product that requires no or little incoming inspection.
Two segments;
1.Procurement
2.Inventory
While performing your supplier (named supplier X} audit in the previous assignment, you identified a problem with the raw material (or sub-assembly or process} your supplier purchases from another vendor (named vendor Y).
You want to discuss the issue with a team (from both your organization and your supplier) to address the problem and to decide on the next step.
Identify the type of communication you may want to have and prepare an agenda for the "communication" (meeting or briefing as appropriate)
Your submitted assignment needs to include:
This work is not essay type of work. Numbered sections and bullet points are more than acceptable. Make sure to communicate your
thoughts accurately.
Entire paper or parts of, can also be in.table format.