1.1. Determine Critical Suppliers

1.1.1. Components Factors
                · Cost/Price
                · Physical Size
                · Manufacturing Cycle Time
                · Shelf Life
                · Product Obsolescence
1.1.2. Supplier Metrics
                · Quality
                · Delivery
                · In-house engineering capabilities
                · "Deere Ready" Forms
1.1.3. Cost/Benefit Analysis
                · Supply Management Engineer should estimate expected cost of supplier shutdown
                · Supply Management Engineer should estimate the difficulty of a supplier flexibility study at the supplier
1.1.4. Preliminary Analysis Justification
                · Supplier Development Supervisor should prioritize suppliers for flexibility studies
                · Supplier Development Supervisor should determine where supplier flexibility studies are appropriate

1.2.1. Determine Products Supplied
1.2.2. Determine Relevant Proposed Build Schedules
            · Find proposed volumes per month by product type
1.2.3. Determine Seasonality
            · The percent of annual production occurring in the busiest consecutive six months period
1.2.4. Determine Proposed Maximum Production Ratio
            · Ratio of proposed production to current production for busiest proposed month

1.3.1. Rank Critical Suppliers by Seasonality
1.3.2. Determine Study Type
            · Seasonality of 100% - 80%:  Full study
            · Seasonality of   80% - 65%:  Abbreviated study
            · Seasonality of   65% - 50%:  No study required

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