Procurement policy

Procurement policy

Our procurement strategy

Work in cooperation with a limited number of competent, responsible and competitive suppliers :

	To confirm our competitive position
	For the satisfaction of our customers
	Within the framework of a mutually-profitable relationship

Our objectives :

	Irreproachable quality of our supplies
	Delivery performance at 100% fill rate
	A continuous drive to reduce acquisition costs

Our aims :

	Develop partners capable of designing and delivering subassemblies
	Encourage co-design activities and generic equipment work
	Implement overall coordination based on local forces
	Develop product/process quality assurance

Main procurement sectors

The procurement sectors are representative of Faiveley's business with its customers. Consequently, our needs concern the following technologies :

Mechanical engineering

Plastics, composites and rubber

Electronics

Thermal engineering

Electrical engineering

Pneumatics

Magnetism

(Group family segmentation) [

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Faiveley is also a major prime contractor for engineering work :

	Software development
	Complete design studies

Target suppliers

Our suppliers are selected, and their performance measured, using three tools :

	TQRCDB (Technology, Quality, Resources, Costs, Delay, Business) assessment
	Process quality audits
	Real-time monitoring of QCD results

For each product family there is a corresponding profile drawn up by Faiveley, describing the criteria that must be satisfied in order to join the panel of target suppliers.

Generic supplier profile [

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Win/Win

Characteristics of the proposed contracts :

	High visibility on long-term contracts
	High added value products with high technical content
	Soundness of a major prime contractor
	Railway market showing constant growth

Faiveley requirements with regard to its partners :

	QCD performance targets
	Assumption of responsibility in the case of deviation
	Continuity of supplies
	Confidentiality
	Non-competition
	Acceptance of our general procurement terms [] (255 ko)

Management of requests for proposals :

Faiveley is making increasing use of Internet tendering tools and asks its partners to register with www.sourcingparts.com