Busi­ness Brunch – Direc­ted parts sup­pli­ers and pro­duct integrity

Ice­bergs in deve­lo­p­ment and production?

OEM cus­to­mers focus on just a few core topics; other­wi­se, they often limit them­sel­ves to spe­ci­fy­ing con­cepts which need to be fle­shed out by Tier 1 and Co. In some cases, they will mere­ly pro­vi­de a list of requi­re­ments, which is to ser­ve as the model for (fur­ther) deve­lo­p­ment of the sup­pli­ers’ own (sys­tem) com­pon­ents.
As exci­ting as this is for deve­lo­pers and as inte­res­t­ing for sales team mem­bers, the risks lie in the details:

• If (com­plex) deve­lo­p­ments are neces­sa­ry and third par­ties are invol­ved in tho­se deve­lo­p­ments, who has which rights to the results?
• What is the situa­ti­on in lia­bi­li­ty law if a direc­ted part sup­pli­er desi­gna­ted by the OEM fails to sup­p­ly its parts, fails to do so in a time­ly man­ner or sup­pli­es defec­ti­ve parts in seri­al fashion (unde­tec­ted)?
• Who is respon­si­ble for the con­for­mi­ty and safe­ty of com­plex sys­tems which include com­pon­ents from various suppliers?

The­se ques­ti­ons have beco­me enorm­ously more important not only due to the evo­lu­ti­on of pro­duc­tion chains and forms in the indus­tri­al sec­tor, but also becau­se of the estab­lish­ment of revi­sed stan­dards like IATF 16949 and the VDA “pro­duct inte­gri­ty” volu­me.
We would like invi­te you to dis­cuss the­se topics and pos­si­ble solu­ti­ons with us at our busi­ness brunch on 8 Novem­ber 2019.

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