All information about this questionnaire will be treated confidential.

The data gained by this questionnaire will exclusively be used within the purchasing and the relevant interface departments (i.e. development, quality, construction) of SUSPA.

1. General information

1.1. Contact

Company name:
Address:
Legal system:
Website:
Founded / year:
Total turnover:
Number of employees:
Rating according to Basel II (EU only):

1.2. Reference Person

sales	Technology/development	quality management
Name:
Position:
Telephone / fax:
Email-address:

Please enclose the following documents:

reference list of customers

organization plan

documents of certification, auditing, or something similar

1.3. Group member:

This question is only relevant for you, if your company is a business unit of a corporation, a joint venture corporation or a part of a group of companies. The following information, however, should then refer to the company named under 1.1, respectively to the mentioned procuring segment.

Parent company name:
Address:
Legal system
Website:
Year of foundation:
Total turnover:
Number of employees:

2. Company data

2.1. Structure of turnover (all currency data in EUR or USD – please note)

Development of turnover	last business year	actual business year	next business year
Total turnover
With SUSPA

According to main markets	Last business year	Current business year
Household applications
Furniture
Industry
Automotive
Others

According to regions	Last business year	Current business year
Germany
EU without Germany
Europe without EU-states
North America (incl. Canada)
Asia
Others

2.2. Main customers in % of turnover:

Company name	Country	%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2.3 Main suppliers in % of turnover

Company Name	Country	%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2.4. Proportion of employees:

Employees	Number	Production	Quality	Development	Purchasing	Sales
Current business year

2.5. Production locations:

country:	founded:
products:	employees:
production space / area:

country:	founded:
products:	employees:
production space / area:

country:	founded:
products:	employees:
production space / area:

country:	founded:
products:	employees:
production space / area:

3. Quality / environmental management

Yes	No	since when	by	valid until
ISO 9001
QS 9000
VDA 6.1
ISO/TS 16949
ISO 14001

Audits?	Yes	No

By:	since when:	valid until:

Does QMA exist?	Yes	No

since when:	with whom:

Does a description of the QM system in a Quality Management manual exist, and are there any process instructions deduced for duties, permissions and responsibilities in all quality assurance activities?

Yes	No	partially

How do you control the effectiveness of the QM system?

regular discussions on quality

quality data:

internal quality audits

reports on product and process analyses

reports on customer satisfaction

Do you create an extensive quality planning for each product and/or project, where material and function tests are listed during prototyping, pilot run and/or series production?

Yes	No

Are test plans agreed on and documented according to the indications from the customer?

Yes	No

Willingness to conclude a QMA with SUSPA:	Yes	No

Do PPM – agreements exist?	Yes	No

since when:	with whom:

Which forms of process control and/or quality control do you use in production?

100% control

SPC

Is there operator self-control according to the quality control plan and are there inspection charts in your production? Are the results documented, evaluated and regulation measures taken?

Yes	No

How do you assure the quality of your vendor parts?

Initial sample inspection	Yes	No	if yes, which process

Control sample test upon delivery	Yes	No

Operator self-control	Yes	No

Specific test reports	Yes	No	if yes, which

Is the vendor performance of the supplier evaluated?	Yes	No	if yes, please attach the most important evaluations

Supplier audits	Yes	No	if yes, which process

According to which criteria were fixed the characteristics to be inspected for the series production?

Does a product liability insurance exist?	Yes	No

Sum insured:

4. Logistics

Do logistic agreements exist?	Yes	No

Which kind:	with whom:
Which kind:	with whom:

Willingness to conclude a logistic agreement with SUSPA.	Yes	No

Which stock keeping do you provide?

Warehouse near to the customer

Central warehouse

Consignment warehouse at the customer

Stock keeping at the forwarding agent

Buffer warehouse at the supplier

Buffer warehouse at the customer

Is stock keeping possible together with the customer by data telecommunications and Kanban control?

Yes	No

EDI-connection realized	Yes	No

Order transmission:	Yes	No

Delivery schedule process:	Yes	No

Order confirmation:	Yes	No

Payment transactions:	Yes	No

Forecast:	Yes	No

Invoices:	Yes	No

Which data format do you use?

5. Production

Which shift plan do you use in production and how high is the production activity?

In case of capacity bottlenecks, were parts of the order passed on to sub suppliers together with a transfer of the core technologies (i.e. complete production)?

Yes	No

Do you outsource productions, or do concepts for outsourcing exist?	Yes	realized with the customer

Yes	planned with the customer

Yes	realized with the sub-supplier

Yes	planned with the sub-supplier

No	no need

Which core technologies do you use?

Did you install a PPS system for the issuing of production orders?	Yes	No

Do you occupy your machine or plan the sequence DV supported (PPS/CA system, control station with possibilities for Net-Change)?	Yes	Net-Change possible

Yes	Net-Change not possible short-term

6. Research and Development

Do you have your own prototyping	Yes	No

Are you able to test the groups of components (prototype, pre-series) of your own?	Yes	No

Are patents / licenses for the technologies and/or products available?	Yes	No

Do you have a product development with a continuous cost determination?	Yes	No

7. Sonstige Anmerkungen

Do you accept long-term frame contracts?	Yes	No

Which amendments to the contract do you accept?	Packing regulations

Logistics frame contracts

None

5. Other remarks

This questionnaire was answered by:	_________________________

date:	_________________________