Appendix Y Supplier CM Market Analysis Questionnaire
- Do you have a viable engineering drawing and part numbering system? Explain.
- What is your method of re-identifying parts when changes are made? How do you relate part number changes to the serial numbers of the deliverable item?
- How do you manage item modifications?
- How do you inform your own personnel and customers of changes to your product?
- Do you currently operate using all or any portions of any recognized CM standard?
- Do you employ a formal change review process? Do you operate a change control board? A Material Review Board?
- How do you assure the currency, integrity, and consistency of:
- Specifications
- Software
- Documentation
- Service Manuals
- Operating Manuals
- Do you have a release procedure for documentation? Explain.
- Do you apply serial numbers and or lot numbers to your products? How are they assigned and marked ?
- By what method do you assure that products delivered to your customers comply with the customers order and specification?
- What type of communication relative to change activity do you have with your suppliers?
- Do you ever install refurbished components in your products?
- If a product line is dropped, when is a customer notified? What options are offered the customer?
- If a component that is supplied to the customer as a spare part is being changed, how and when is the customer notified?
- How do you support your products? What options are typically available to the customer?