Formex Metal Industries
Supplier Requirements Manual
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Revision History |
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Date |
Description |
Revision |
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06/20/05 |
Initial
release |
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03/2006 |
Added
paragraph under Scope regarding verification and safety. |
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07/01/2008 |
1) Added
under Quality system the requirement of annual raw material certification
submitted to Formex no later than the end of the 1st quarter. 2) Also
added all suppliers must remain competitive in pricing. Added 3) A $250.00
administration fee to be debited for every Corrective action issued by Formex
Metal |
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Formex Metal Industries is committed
to meeting all customer requirements throughout the organization. Working
together as a team in the continual quality improvement process, ensures that
objectives set for quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction can be
achieved.
The basis
for Formex Metal Industries quality management system is ISO/TS 16949:2002.
This standard is an extension of ISO 9001:2000 designed for the automotive
industry. This standard does not alter or reduce any other requirements of
Formex Metal Industries. It is meant to provide a clear and concise
understanding of our quality management system. The scope of this manual
applies to all suppliers and subcontractors (hereafter called suppliers) of
Formex Metal Industries who supply:
Outside
processing such as heat treating, e-coating, plating, Laser drilling, etc.
Tooling
which can affect the quality of finished product
Sub-assembly
The
intention of this manual is to provide a set of guidelines to assist the
supplier in meeting the demands of Formex Metal Industries. It is the
suppliers’ responsibility to ensure that the requirements of this manual are
adhered to. This manual is not intended to replace or supersede any terms and
conditions of purchase orders, product drawings, or specifications.
Formex
Metal Industries / Customer may verify parts at supplier's premises or upon
receipt. Verification, shall not absolve the supplier of the responsibility to
provide acceptable product, nor shall it preclude subsequent rejection by
Formex Metal Industries. All deliveries shall be 100% on time. Purchased
material shall satisfy current government and safety constraints on restricted,
toxic and hazardous materials; as well as environmental, electrical and
electromagnetic considerations. Contractors must submit a valid WSIB Clearance
Certificate and must abide by Formex Metal Industries safety policy &
procedures.
Suppliers must meet the following
requirements:
Maintain
third party certification to ISO9001:2000, or ISO/TS 16949:2002 as appropriate
to your supplied product. ISO/TS 16949:2002 registration must be achieved prior
to Jan 2008 unless otherwise waived by our customer.
Provide
description of all relevant processing equipment and machines
Provide100%
on time delivery
Provide
timely 8D corrective action
Submit
Annually to Formex Metal Quality Department a third party Raw Material
certification, verifying the chemistry of the product. This must be submitted
to Formex Metal Industries no later than the end of the 1st quarter.
All
suppliers must remain competitive in pricing.
A $250.00
Administration fee will be debited for any Corrective Action issued by Formex
Metal Ind. Inc.
It is also
the responsibility of all suppliers to meet the requirements of the following
Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) documents:
Advanced
Product Quality Planning and Control Plan (APQP)
Failure
Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Measurement
System Analysis (MSA)
Statistical
Process Control (SPC)
Production
Part Approval Process (PPAP) (or as required by our customers)
All Formex Metal Industries purchase
orders are subject to a NON-Disclosure Agreement in order to protect confidential
and sensitive information. The confidential description consists of any
written, electronic or verbal information relating to all past, current, or
future programs. This includes but is not limited to drawings, cost
information, financial information, and volume information here after referred
to as “confidential information”.
The supplier shall use “confidential
information” solely for the purpose of doing business with Formex Metal Industries.
The supplier shall protect the “confidential information” by using the same
degree of care, but no less than a reasonable degree of care, to prevent the
unauthorized use, dissemination, disclosure or publication of “confidential
information” as it relates to Formex Metal Industries.
The supplier is responsible for
providing adequate packaging of all supplied materials to prevent potential
shipping and handling damage. All packaged products are required to accompany
proper labels on the containers for product identification and traceability.
Bundled material must be kept to a
maximum of 5500 lbs (2500 kg) as this is the maximum our steel receiving hoist
is rated for. Any bundles over 5500 lbs will be refused under health and safety
rules, left on the truck, and the supplier contacted for resolution. All costs
derived from this situation will be the responsibility of the supplier.
Formex Metal Industries receiving
hours are from
Formex Metal Industries may verify
material at the suppliers’ premises or upon receipt. Verification shall not
absolve the supplier of the responsibility to provide acceptable product, nor
shall it preclude subsequent rejection by Formex Metal Industries.
The supplier is responsible to
ensure the preservation of the product during internal processing at the
suppliers facility and during delivery of the material to Formex Metal
Industries.
To comply with our customers, Formex
Metal Industries requires all suppliers to submit ELV data into the IMDS system
for all material (Formex Metal Industries ID # 24485). Access to the IMDS
system can be set up at HTTP://www.mdsystem.com.
This data must accompany the PPAP package for approval. The Registered IMDS
number must appear on the Part Submission Warrant with in the PPAP Package.
All raw product shipments to Formex
Metal Industries are required to have proper labels for identification and
traceability to ensure Heat Numbers do not get mixed. As a minimum, the
following information must be present on each label:
Supplier
Identification
Method of
identifying material as Formex Metal Industries material
Product
Name
Product
Identification Number
Order
number
Quantity
Heat Number
Weight
All raw materials shall be
accompanied with a copy of the applicable chemical and mechanical properties
for all heat numbers as well as a bill of lading.
All container shipments to Formex
Metal Industries are required to have proper labels for identification and
traceability. To keep traceability, material is not allowed to be mixed from
container to container of the same material or with other materials. All
finished containers shipped back to Formex Metal Industries must be accompanied
with the shipping labels which came to the supplier with the product.
Upon request, the supplier is
required to provide additional documents, such as NAFTA Certificates, to send
along with each shipment.
It is the supplier’s responsibility
to take the necessary corrective and preventive actions to resolve quality and
delivery problems using the “8D” format. The supplier is required to use proper
problem solving methods such as Fishbone Diagram, Design of Experiments, etc.
to investigate root cause of problems and implement countermeasures to
eliminate them. When required, Formex Metal Industries will issue an "8D
team orientated problem solving report (QF-087)" to the supplier for
formal corrective action. Unless otherwise specified corrective actions will be
dealt with as follows:
Containment -
Maximum 1 Day
Closed 8D - Maximum 30
Days
The supplier is highly
encouraged to use mistake-proofing methodologies in their corrective and
preventive action process to ensure recurrence of problem is not possible.
Where applicable, countermeasures for one particular problem should be
implemented on other similar processes and products to eliminate possible
future problems of the same type.
Record Retention Requirements:
Production
part approvals, tooling records, APQP records, purchase orders and amendments
shall be maintained for the length of time that the part (or family of parts)
is active for production and service requirements plus 15 calendar years unless
otherwise specified by the customer.
NOTE: All
customer purchase orders/amendments are included in this requirement.
Organization purchase orders/amendments for customer-owned tooling are included
in this requirement.
Quality performance records (e.g. control charts,
inspection and test results) shall be retained for three calendar years after
the year in which they were created.
Records of internal quality
system audits and management review shall be retained for three years.
Retention
periods longer than those specified above may be specified by an organization
in their procedures. The organization shall eventually dispose of records.
These requirements do not
supersede any regulatory requirements. All specified retention periods shall be
considered “minimums”.
Due to automotive
requirements it is expected that only product that meets contractual intent are
to be supplied to Formex Metal Industries. Any violations to this are the
suppliers’ financial responsibility and full cooperation is required to assure
our customers satisfaction.