RELY · Quality Containment Series · Supplier-funded containmentNO. 06
FOR SUPPLIER QUALITY AND PROCUREMENT
The supplier caused the defect. Your plant should not have to staff the containment.
RELY can execute the containment while you retain acceptance criteria and disposition authority. Where your commercial process allows, the supplier can fund the work directly.
View the original PDFCUSTOMER / OEMKEEPS THE AUTHORITY
KEEPS
- Acceptance criteria
- Boundary decisions
- Disposition authority
- Production priority
RELYOWNS THE EXECUTION
OWNS
- Launch and on-site labor
- Operator training / certification
- Supervision
- Segregation and reconciliation
- Reporting
- Escalation
SUPPLIEROWNS CORRECTIVE ACTION
OWNS
May fund containment where the commercial process allows.
- Root cause / corrective action
- Required coordination
- Funding or PO path where approved by the customer's process
MATERIAL
- Supplier / customer
- RELY containment
- Certified release
Reporting: RELY to customer and supplier. Commercial: supplier to RELY, where approved. Commercial path depends on customer and supplier requirements; customer approval or site access may still be required.
You already absorbed the escape. Do not automatically add recruiting inspectors, supervising a crew and producing sort reports to the same internal team.
Their defect. RELY's execution. Your team keeps the authority, not the workload.
START HERE
Send the supplier, part, failure mode, material location and NCR or complaint.
We'll map the containment and commercial path.