Supplier Development and Assessments
The Supplier Development (SD) Program is Newport News Shipbuilding's approach
to growing, developing, and maintaining our suppliers. Overall, the SD Program methodically assesses our
suppliers and then implements tools to help improve them. This includes mentoring suppliers to help
them understand NNS and Navy requirements so that they may become a capable reliable partner to meet
all technical, quality, and delivery requirements.
Process Overview
NNS selects and engages suppliers for the SD Program based on performance
history, strategic procurement outlook and supplier risks. Suppliers interested in SD can also
contact NNS for inclusion in the program.
Assessments and Workshops
NNS subscribes to and administers industry best
practices and tenants from the bodies of work in the Baldrige Criteria for
Performance Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, American Production and
Inventory Control Society (APICS), International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) and Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Criteria.
From this and other bodies of work, NNS developed several tool sets to
administer the SD Program. Click the following links for a summary sheet
explaining the approach and intent:
- Business Performance Assessment (BPA)
- Value Chain Assessment & Workshop (VCA)
- Operational Lean Assessment (OLA)
- Supplier Technical Assessment nad Validation (STAV)
Who is Needed From Your Organization?
The SD Program is a partnership between NNS
and your company. It will require a commitment on both organizations to be
successful. Supplier representatives should include sales, contracts,
engineering, quality, and manufacturing personnel.