Exiting a supplier is expensive and slow. Supplier development fixes the supplier you already qualified — recovering on-time delivery, reducing defects, and building the capacity your program depends on. Built on the same methods that took a defense plant from sub-50% to 97% OTD.
When a critical supplier misses deliveries or ships defects, the instinct is to re-source. But re-sourcing a qualified supplier can take months and cost far more than fixing the relationship you already have — especially for long-lead, sole-source, or specialized components.
Supplier development is the disciplined alternative: diagnose the real constraint, implement the right controls, and build supplier capability so performance recovers and stays recovered. We have done this across defense, automotive, and heavy machinery supply chains — including recovering a military supply base from below 50% to 97% on-time delivery.
Root-cause the delivery misses — capacity, scheduling, or planning — and implement pull systems, boundaries, and cadence that restore reliable OTD.
Drive down escapes and nonconformances at the source through process controls, corrective action, and verification at the supplier.
Stand up Kanban pull and vendor-managed inventory so replenishment matches real demand and shortages stop.
Help suppliers add the process capability, controls, and discipline your program requires — instead of exiting and re-qualifying.
Partner / Maintain / Develop / Exit segmentation so development effort is invested where it delivers the most return.
Establish OTD, quality, and responsiveness metrics with a review cadence that holds performance in place after the engagement.
On-site assessment to find the real driver of poor performance — capacity, planning, process, or controls.
A prioritized plan with the specific controls, pull systems, and metrics that will move performance.
Hands-on implementation of Kanban, VMI, standard work, and corrective actions at the supplier.
Performance metrics and a review cadence that keep the gains in place long after the engagement ends.
When the supplier is sole-source, long-lead, specialized, or already qualified to your requirements, development is usually faster and cheaper than re-sourcing. We help you make that call with a clear cost-and-risk comparison.
Chronic late deliveries, recurring defects and escapes, capacity shortfalls, and planning/replenishment breakdowns. We diagnose the real constraint before recommending an approach.
We establish OTD, quality, and responsiveness scorecards with a review cadence, and implement pull systems and standard work at the supplier so performance holds after the engagement.
Yes. We have resourced and developed suppliers across North America, Europe, and Asia. Reach us at [email protected] to discuss your supply base.
Supplier development is quoted per engagement based on the number of suppliers, their location, and the depth of intervention required — from a focused OTD-recovery sprint on one critical supplier to a multi-supplier development program. Request a quote to scope it to your situation.
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