Steve Darendinger Quotations

We look at new suppliers because we are always looking at new technologies. New upcoming suppliers may have the capability or the differentiating technology that we need.

We look at the industry and determine which suppliers are investing in it and which are the leaders.

There is an on-boarding process. They have to meet stringent criteria that allow them to get past the gate.

Our supplier management system includes strategy development, new supplier introduction, business reviews and scorecards, continuous improvement programs and ongoing supply base classification processes.

We had a supplier management organization, but it was focused more around growth and optimization for that growth and to get more capacity that we needed.

For instance if a new supplier didn't have global capability, we would work with the supplier to improve its global capacity.