Supplier Funded Initiative (SFI)

Recovering and Maintaining Critical Offshore Supplier Performance

Supplier Funded Initiative (SFI)

The Challenge

Verify’s commercial aircraft OEM customer was experiencing continuous product quality issues and subsequent unpredictable receipt of material from a Tier-1 composite structures supplier in Asia Pacific — seriously impacting final aircraft delivery performance.

Verify experts consulted directly with the customer and the supplier and agreed to deploy a supplier funded recovery program that established clearly defined performance measurements and exit criteria.

The Solution

  • Local, proven, multi-functional team established and deployed to execute to plan
  • Verify team assessed current state and completed Failure Mode Effect Analysis
  • Improvement Plan established and agreed with all stakeholders based on root cause analysis
  • On-site surveillance audits and mandatory inspection points utilized to continually measure performance and control output
  • All quality mapping, process and part flows, and inspection methods updated
  • Regular reports of progress issued by the Verify Team Lead to the customer and supplier

The Results

  • Achieved target delivery performance levels 3-months ahead of plan
  • Supplier covered all costs and requested Verify to extend the program by a further 3-months for supplemental support
  • OEM customer delegated supplier 3-months aheadof schedule
SFI Results

Verify has been a huge help in turning around this problematic supplier and assuring they now continuously deliver quality product on time. ~ Aerospace Actuation Systems Customer