Program Auditing
Delivering an appraisal of your supplier’s quality capabilities
Business Challenge
Your customers can have changing expectations and product requirements. Even if your affected suppliers currently perform well, what level of risk do you encounter when you flow down changes to them? Will they be able to quickly incorporate these changes and assure their products meet your new requirements? How do you determine if these changes or even new parts can be suitably produced by your current suppliers?
Solution
How can Unitek Technical Services meet our needs?
Unitek can evaluate your suppliers’ capability to meet all the requirements you have flowed to them. We will go beyond assessing your suppliers’ ability to meet product requirements and review their program approach to meet your current and future expectations. Our personnel can provide you an assessment the processes your supplies engage to meet your program requirements. We will provide local, qualified personnel that are experienced and qualified in reviewing your suppliers’ program approach and they will, in a cost-effective manner:
- Assess your suppliers’ ability to implement the needed changes to incorporate Engineering design changes or new Inspection requirements you flow to them
- Assure the suitability and consistency of Special Processes utilized on your products
- Analyze their material procurement and control processes
- Review the effectiveness of the Calibration process to assure proper recall cycle times and control
- Determine your suppliers’ ability to correct nonconformances and the effectiveness of their Corrective Action process
- Evaluate the consistency of their document control process to assure you regularly receive the necessary paperwork
What are the key benefits?
- Unbiased appraisal of your suppliers’ capability to meet all your program’s requirements
- Realistic evaluation of risks associated with your suppliers’ ability to meet current and future requirements
- Timely reports to facilitate planned approach to further actions
- Increased effectiveness of your Supplier Evaluation process
- Significant cost savings