Suppliers are our important partners for manufacturing. We are working with them to enhance efficiency of the entire supply chain (from design, procurement, manufacturing, and sales, through to customer support), always being conscious of the environment and society.
We had been holding operations briefing meetings once a year as a forum for our president to directly explain to business partners matters such as the business environment and ULVAC's business results and supplier meetings three times a year for the person in charge of procurement to communicate production plans in a timely manner. We cancelled these meetings in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, but launched and started operating a membership-based website in FY 2020. We will strive to build closer relationships with business partners by resuming face-to-face meetings, in view of the abatement of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, we will hold seminars for business partners on specific social issues (environment, human rights, etc.) to promote swift responses to those issues.
Taking advantage of their proximity to customers, ULVAC's principal production bases conduct local procurement and seek to optimize procurement as part of their ongoing efforts to establish a global supply chain.
Previously, when suppliers delivered parts for overseas production, all cargo was shipped via ULVAC's Chigasaki Plant.
With the introduction of a new transfer center, suppliers can now directly deliver parts to the center where all the processes from acceptance of delivery to export procedures are handled in an integrated manner, resulting in a great reduction of transportation distances in the supply chain and consequently lower energy consumption and lower exhaust gas emissions.
ULVAC is improving procedures, systems and structures for procurement to realize global procurement at the parts level. Although we had been sourcing many key parts in Japan, we conducted benchmarking of suppliers worldwide and identified specific issues in logistics and trade. As it is necessary to ensure confidentiality, completeness, and availability of purchasing data on a system supporting global procurement, we have launched an integrated system for parts registration and for registration and evaluation of suppliers and begun standardization of management procedures.
This website use cookies to obtain and use access data to understand the convenience and usage of customers. If you agree to use cookies, click "I Accept".
[Privacy Plicy] [Cookie Policy]