You have what we are looking to put into place. Being mostly military a DTS Program is a bit difficult for me to get firmly settled. Thank you for your reply, it is most appreciated. Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: Hogg, Blair K. <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [TN] DTS > Hi Randy, > > We have a Dock-to-Stock program here as part of a larger supplier management > program. The supplier management program includes supplier qualification, > certification, and dock-to stock for particular items. The program basically > works as such: > > 1. Suppliers are qualified through a defined evaluation process. Examples of > data include D&B reports, current customer lists, etc. Suppliers of custom > materials may be evaluated by a site visit. A supplier evaluation team is > set up to handle this, including purchasing, quality, engineering and anyone > else that is deemed necessary. > > 2. Suppliers are periodically evaluated for performance to certain metrics - > quality (lots accepted/lots rejected), corrective action response, on-time > delivery, responsiveness, invoice accuracy. Failure to respond to a > corrective action request drops the quality score by 10 points. Suppliers > that have met a 98% quality rating, a 95% on-time delivery, error-free > invoices, have good responsiveness and have had a minimum of 15 lots > delivered in the past 6 months are considered for certification. > > 3. Certified suppliers can become dock-to-stock for a particular item if > they have submitted 6 separate shipments of that item in a 6 month period > with no defects. > > Dock-to-stock status can be removed due to floor rejects or loss of > certification. Loss of certification happens if the quality rating falls > below 95%, the delivery rating falls below 90%, etc. > > Certified and Dock-to-Stock suppliers should be given priority for business > over non-certified suppliers even if the price is higher. This is always > difficult to get to work. > > Hope this helps. Contact me off-line if you would like any more info. > > Blair Hogg > QA Manager > GAI-Tronics Corporation > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Bock Sr. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] DTS > > > Looking to formally implement a Dock to Stock Program. Been > doing/collecting supplier part history > for over 1 1/2 years and am at the point of where I am reasonably sure I can > start. Looking for anyone who may have done this or is doing it I am > interested in how you may have approached Supplier Certification with the > specific suppliers. I have ideas but looking for additional suggestions. > > Plan is to go 5 lots and audit the 6 th. Tracking Production Floor > dropouts via MRB is being done now. > We do have some good part history. Some parts may never see DTS due to the > specific part itself i.e.; > PWB, some cable/harnesses, some sheet metal/turned parts, painted parts. > Knowing that Chrysler does DTS 100% with it's automotive parts, I know it > can be done. > > > Regards, > > Randy Bock Sr. > Bryce > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > (p) 203 729-5370 Ext 239 > (f) 203 729-5397 > > > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List > provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a > message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject > field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of > Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To > receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts > at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site > http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact > Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ----------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > ----------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------