Hi all:
Here again with another question from my team :-)
These days we are having some brainstorming sessions to re-think our own supplier evaulation process. We are using the tools SAP provides, and we are happy with the results and the procedure to follow.
As you well know, we can measure how reliable the supplier is confirming, shipping and delivering, also having the chance to measure quality performance and price evolution.
With all these tools, we have a good position and an objective way to measure performances. The point is we cannot or we don't know how measure the impact of possibles soon or late delivery in production scheduling. In theory, if planning dept did their job well, scheduling the customer order and production according to component availability no problem should arise, and a delay in supplier would mean an un-score because they are affecting the planned schedule.... but what about if Planning dept didn't??
On top of it, sometimes we have some suppliers who delivers thousands of lines, and they do well, delivering 95% or more on time, but what about those 5% are late?, what about if those 5% represents a big amount of units forcing to re-schedule thousands of orders, we are saying that supplier is performing well, but the truth is the supplier isn't.
Maybe your answer is to reduce the MOQ, but just think for a second a supplier who delivers 1000 lines, 5% means, 50 lines, let's say 12 units per line (12 units per box is the minium acceptable) as minimum 600 units. In our production pull system, we have customer orders for 2-5 units most times, so that means we need to reschedule between 120 and 300 customer orders, just considering one single supplier.
My point is, how could include a text message, easy-exportable or easy visible releasing a ME2L or any other transaction, having a list of PO with a text informing (this text would be included by procurement team) you that PO caused a re-scheduling???, putting together supplier evaulation tools you could mix up, obtainning a list of PO delayed and/or affecting production.
I hope you understand my point, and I hope you can provide your ideas, feedback or solution.
Thanks in advance,
Raul