"The Management of Suppliers and their Development in the Industry" was the third in the series of free webinars on Claugto Accreditation, which are being held every Thursday to delve deeper into each of the areas evaluated by this model.

In this case, the area of "Supplier Management" was addressed, and the speakers included Cristina Villaseñor, honorary president of the Purchasing Committee of the Guanajuato Automotive Cluster and purchaser of direct and indirect materials at Würth Elektronik, and Mario de la Cruz, president of the Purchasing Committee of the Guanajuato Automotive Cluster and Purchasing and Logistic Corporate Manager at CIE Automotive Mexico.

Cristina mentioned that the development of suppliers can be summarized in 5 steps:

Define supplier capabilities: compliance with industry standards (at-risk suppliers, developing suppliers, etc.). Volume, mixtures, product requirements...

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Define evaluation criteria: Requirements
legal and improvement requirements, pricing, deliveries, financial capabilities, etc.

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Supplier evaluation

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Improvement plan: Monitoring that the suppliers
the improvement plan involves monitoring that suppliers have to do within the organization to become more reliable.

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Follow-up and audit: The client reviews the
application of all requirements.

She emphasized the importance for buying companies that suppliers have an evaluation system to determine risks and whether they can become a business partner.

Mario de la Cruz, on the other hand, addressed the topic of competitive advantage, which involves differentiating oneself from other companies in a positive way.

To achieve this, he discussed the strategies and objectives on which CIE Automotive is based, illustrating the practical case of how they manage supplier management.

He added that CIE Automotive gives preference to local suppliers; if none are found, they then look for regional ones, and if necessary, they search at the national and international levels.