Supplier Reliability Assessments  (SRA)     

Initial and periodic official qualification assessments are scheduled and conducted at the supplier's during product development and to manufacturing facilities by the Purchasing and Supplier Quality Engineer, and engineering representatives.

These assessments are designed to evaluate the capability of the supplier's operations and quality system and to predict anticipated performance levels of product quality and delivery in the production phase.

 
Assessment results are used in our supplier selection process, or, if the supplier was previously selected, the assessment alerts Purchasing, Quality and Supplier Quality Engineer to areas targeted for supplier improvement.