Ideas for getting rid of vendors? 2

[mechengdude]

Anyone have any good ideas or comical stories for getting rid of a vendor...?... here’s what I mean:

As an Engineering group, we have no significant pull on what vendor is used for fabricated parts. As long as the vendor has a price acceptable to Purchasing and the parts are made to print then we don’t have any say so.

The issue is that the vendor never makes anything without asking an inordinate amount of questions including requests that he should really do because they are Manufacturing Engineering issues. Also, the workmanship is relatively poor. So bottom line Engineering expends effort so this vendor can make parts that it doesn't have to for any other vendor (ie) the part really ends up costing the company more and the quality is iffy.

 

[Pressed]

Things that I have seen remove a vendor from the business list:

* Change of personnel, on the customer or vendor side.
* Vendor caused a failed critical delivery to final customer.
* Formal quality reports indicate vendor is poor, with no improvement.
* Vendor raises prices.

For a potential action to change the current direction, compare the vendor to another. If a new vendor is needed for comparison, see how that can be started. Eventually, the quality needs to be measured and tracked, which has always proven to be a problem in my experience.



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[KENAT]

RDK, mecheng clarified the situation on 19 Jul

1. assume the prints we supply are "good" how do I know, other vendors make the part to print without question.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[ornerynorsk]

poor workmanship??? Do you need any other excuse? In our engineering dept. we are lucky, because we usually source and specify the bendor of choice, so we can look at all of the little nuances that usually don't show up on a drawing or spec requirements.

 

[lookintomyeyes]

At my company we "prequalify" bidders before they even see the RFQ. it's largely done by Purchasing to eliminate peeps with the potential to be financially unstable, but engineering also gets involved to specify the # of years experience, required qualifications of tradespeople, etc. If the manufacturer cant meet those requiements, they simply cannot bid on a product - if they do it is disqualified. Late bids can of course still be qualified during teh bid process, but its one potential method that may work.