Purchasing | Supplier assessment process

The purchasing supplier assessment process represents the standard procedure for the annual supplier assessment. It is carried out annually. The end of this process is marked by updated supplier evaluations.

This avoids a supplier not meeting the quality requirements of ARTS Solutions.

Applies to the procurement of quality-relevant products and services (this excludes the procurement of office supplies and the infrastructure services provided by the ARTS Group.).

• Responsibility: Quality Management Officer

• The supplier evaluations with regard to a supplier are collected and the data is evaluated.

• The following criteria are used for the evaluation

• • delivery time

  • Product conformity

  • service

  • Price-performance ratio

• Responsibility: Quality Management Officer
  

• Suppliers are classified in one of three levels

• • A - fully approved | The supplier can be contacted in any case.

  • B - restricted authorization | The supplier can be contacted in the event of delivery bottlenecks at the A-suppliers.

  • C - not allowed | The supplier may not be used.

• If necessary, further supplier information will be updated.

• Responsibility: Quality Management Officer

• All relevant employees are informed about the update of the supplier pool. In particular, reference is made to the exclusion of suppliers.