Working Collaboratively with You to Reduce Waste and Deliver a More Reliable and Robust Supply Base to Power Your Supply Chain

Just how important are suppliers to your supply chain's efficiency? In one word: critical. That's why we are extending the SPS-our Lean Six Sigma vision for supply chain excellence-beyond our operation to the global supply base. By having an appropriately localized set of resources, our operations are easily adaptable to meet your supply base requirements. We engage early with you and suppliers to improve demand management across the supply chain to reduce waste, shorten lead times, boost quality and save you costs.

Achieving supply chain excellence, and giving you a competitive advantage, requires that we only produce what your end-customer consumes. Our Lean Six Sigma Certified Supplier Program is key to our vision of delivering competitive supply chains-whether we're purchasing billions of commoditized materials on your behalf or securing specialized electronics components, our goal is to boost the reliability and responsiveness of your supply chain.

How SPS with Suppliers Benefits Your Business
By certifying key suppliers and establishing target cost sourcing, you benefit from reduced waste, improved margins and greater flexibility across the supply chain. The joint focus on eliminating waste delivers gives you a competitive advantage:

• Reducing costs for you by reducing costs for suppliers


• Shortest average material lead-time in industry


• Superior on-time delivery


• Highest flexibility, responsiveness and quality


• Driving quality across the supply chain