KARE sourcing service covers the entire process, from the identification of your sourcing needs, to the product and process qualification and the formal definition of all the related contractual terms.

KARE typical sourcing process includes:
• Identification of our customer's sourcing needs, normally developed through on site meetings with our customer's procurement, engineering and technology   departments.
• Research and qualification of the proper suppliers based on:
  • pre-qualification of the potential suppliers based on quality, technology and business audits
  • analysis, with the potential suppliers, of the functional and technical specifications submitted by the customer
  • customer support and assistance if an additional customer audit is required of the potential supplier
• Process, product and business implementation, which includes
  • review with the supplier of technical, functional and quality specifications
  • definition of process industrialization
  • process and product approval (sample submittal, first piece report, process capability analysis, quality control plans)
    definition of supply contracts and all related aspects (delivery terms, payment conditions, warranties, exchange rates, raw materials fluctuations)