Supplier relationships

• Free PDCA Guidance
• PLAN your quality system
• DO day-to-day tasks
• CHECK the results
• ACT to improve

• ISO 9000:2005 Principles
• Factual decision making
• Supplier relationships

• ISO 9001:2008 Base Clauses
• 4.1e Monitor and analyze

• ISO 9001:2008 Requirements
• 8.2 Monitor and measure
• 10.2 Control of non-conformance
• 8.4 Data analysis
• 5.6 Management Review

Your company and its suppliers are interdependent; mutually beneficial relationships help both parties create value.

This is an interesting idea but is never fully developed beyond Supplier relationships 7.4.1 and Data analysis 8.4.

Taken to its logical conclusion this principle should lead you into Just In Time inventory management.