| ASR Supply Chain Management Support Services ASR provides a unique range of services tailored specifically to the needs of our clients to analyze/develop and improve all functions of the supply chain from initial product design to final product installation and use. As a representative of the client, ASR utilizes its experience and expertise to plan, locate, qualify and monitor the best vendors/suppliers in the world to meet the customers’ specific requirements. ASR customers benefit from ASR's twenty (20) years of hands-on management experience as well as a staff of supply chain professionals available to support our clients in all states of the United States as well as forty (40) countries overseas. ASR utilizes modern technology to provide its clients with a full range of global services designed to facilitate cost effective supply chain management and technical support services. ASR supply chain services include:
ASR's core competencies include extensive knowledge and experience in:
ASR’s experience and expertise in supplier quality assurance and inspection using local resources ensures that the customers get only the quality parts / product with the required specifications Supply Chain Management Flow
Supplier Oversight and Management Supplier management is long-term program management initiative for all aspects of supplier management and outsourcing. ASR will help ensure your success through your network of key vendors/suppliers and business partners. ASR will assess your total supply base, identify opportunities for cost savings and quality improvement, clarify needs and requirements between you and your vendors/suppliers, negotiate volume discounts, and sign contracts that minimize risk. ASR will then work with your vendors/suppliers, closely monitoring their performance, and help identify and implement high-payback improvements. ASR can also help you to make better “make vs. buy” outsourcing decisions by assessing your strategic needs and core competencies, identifying high capability business partners, evaluating benefits and risks, contracting, managing change, and ensuring future success. Supplier Management Services offered by ASR include:
Supplier Oversight Services include:
Quality Engineering A goal of supplier quality assurance is to continuously improve the quality, reduce the time to produce each product, and reduce the part rejection rate. ASR approaches this goal by recommending programs such as Statistical Process Control (SPC) with corrective action plans to prevent past discrepancies, analysis of the design for ease of manufacture and increase the process yield. We also identify manufacturing bottlenecks, improve production flow, and observe set-ups to reduce time. This is all done within the Total Quality Management (TQM) concept. This is a concept actively promulgated, which states that “Quality” is a responsibility of everyone in an organization. In simple terms, it means doing “right things right” and it is the responsibility of everyone, and every department, not only those actively involved in quality assurance. Audits Trained and certified quality assurance specialists conduct supplier quality system audits to assess the capability of the supplier's quality system to meet contractual requirements. Any corrective action on deficiencies must be completed for a supplier to be maintained on the ASR approved supplier list. When a higher level of specialized review is required because of the value and/or complexity of a purchased item, a team of appropriate technical and business specialists may conduct a survey prior to release of the purchase order or contract. This review evaluates the supplier's facilities, business system, and management capabilities, as well as specific technical areas. Surveys Our unique supplier survey service can significantly save you the cost of controlling your critical suppliers. When we schedule visits to your suppliers, we can combine them with visits for other companies. This allows us to visit several suppliers while we are in an area. Occasionally we may have a supplier scheduled for more than client. In any case our cost for visiting your suppliers is a lot less than it would cost your company to make the same visit. Inspection & Testing Inspection and testing can be conducted when purchased materials are received, at significant stages of production, and prior to shipping finished products. The objective of inspections and testing is to verify conformance with specified requirements. Materials and products are prevented from being used or shipped until the required inspections are completed. Records of inspections are established and maintained as evidence that products comply with stated requirements. Production ASR is an innovative company with a commitment to excellence that is achieved by understanding customer requirements and bringing together the required skilled professionals in collaboration to meet manufacturing objectives. ASR aspires to be the leading provider of innovative support services to the manufacturing community. ASR supports production readiness by tracking from concept selection through start of production and into the continuous improvement phase of your company. ASR can aid in improving your quality, cost, delivery, safety and the bottom line. Field Engineering / Support ASR provides a wide range of equipment support services at locations around the world. Our support of electronics systems includes systems engineering and integration; modernization and upgrade, reverse engineering, and failure trend analysis; hardware and software maintenance; and command and control. We develop test plans and procedures, maintain test indices, and test and check out systems in all environments; design fabricate, and assemble items associated with product alterations and field changes; and provide factory acceptance testing and post-installation performance testing.
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