How to get the most from suppliers

摘要

Most purchasing professionals want top performance from their suppliers.But,what makes for a best-performing supplier? How about accomplishments like these:Lcadtimes,driven down Total cost of ownership,driven down Perfect quality scores Creation of new processes to support manufacturing off shore Great engineering support on existing and next-generation products That's what Oki Semiconductor provided National Instruments(NI),and those actions are among the reasons NI recently selected Oki as its Supplier of the Year."They are an outstanding team,"says Mark Mirelez,NTs global director of procurement."They care about whether they win or lose the Supplier of the Year award.We like that."