inforum
Supplier management
The platform for supplier management from inquiry to evaluation.
inforum brings structure to complex supplier management and helps to keep an eye on quality, progress and performance throughout the entire supplier lifecycle. The platform combines inquiry, onboarding, development and evaluation into a clear overall context on a single database.
A platform that makes supplier management consistent
inforum is used where supplier management becomes complex and where individual activities without a clear connection become a challenge. The platform creates the connection between inquiry, development, quality assurance and performance evaluation across all participants and interfaces.
- Recognize risks early, avoid escalations
Deviations, development backlogs and quality problems become visible at an early stage before they lead to delivery failures or escalations. - Structured tracking and verification of measures
Open activities, measures and follow-up tasks are recorded in a structured manner, clearly assigned and documented in a traceable manner. - Stay informed, even under pressure
Supplier performance, risks and development status can be presented to management, customers and auditors at any time. - Collaboration without coordination loops
Supplier management, purchasing and quality work efficiently on a shared database. This reduces queries and avoids duplicate data storage. - Conformity to standards built into the system
Requirements from VDA, APQP and AIAG are anchored in the processes, structured, reproducible and auditable.
Increase efficiency, reduce costs
Reduce effort
Avoid error costs
Strengthening security of supply
Supplier management that knows the relevant standards
Supplier management in the manufacturing industry is demanding in terms of standards. Requirements from the VDA and AIAG characterize the processes along the entire supplier life cycle.
inforum maps these requirements in a structured manner – from supplier inquiries to APQP and sampling to auditing in accordance with VDA 6.x. All processes are reproducible, evidence is available in the system and audits become a confirmation instead of a challenge.
Software for your supplier management
Supplier management only works consistently if all relevant tasks are mapped in one system. The inforum modules cover the entire supplier life cycle and are interlinked in terms of processes. Progress, decisions and evaluations build on each other logically and remain permanently traceable.
Customer complaints
Continuous and digital processing of customer complaints – from recording to final documentation.
Supplier complaints
Maximum transparency and control throughout the entire change process with the software module for supplier complaints.
Activities & meetings
Structured cooperation with suppliers – transparent planning of activities, deadlines and responsibilities.
Test equipment management
APQP makes it easier to plan quality, costs and deadlines, integrate suppliers and control the entire development process transparently.
Control Plan
The Control Plan module enables centralized, digital planning and control of all quality-relevant inspection and control measures.
Component database
The component database module is at the heart of efficient product data management.
Processes and documents
The integrated management system bundles processes and documents centrally, fulfills standard requirements efficiently and controls quality, environment and occupational safety uniformly.
Change management
Control of changes and centralized management of component data for transparency and traceability.
Supplier management
Holistic supplier management – including structured selection, certificate management and sustainable supplier evaluation.
Risk management software
Targeted risk management along the supply chain: identify supplier risks at an early stage, define effective measures and consistently monitor their implementation.
JAWA makes inforum your solution for supplier management
inforum is the result of years of experience in the digitalization of industrial processes in supplier development, quality assurance and related areas. Behind the platform is a team that is familiar with standard requirements, industry-specific features and the operational reality in manufacturing companies from practical experience.
JAWA doesn’t just implement software. The team supports customers from process analysis to configuration and release at eye level. Industry knowledge and process expertise are incorporated into every implementation, making inforum a solution that works right from the start.
Practical experience
Our supplier evaluations and audit preparations are much more structured with inforum. Measures are consistently tracked and the manual coordination effort has been noticeably reduced.
The JAWA team guided us through the implementation in a structured manner. The connection to our ERP system was uncomplicated and the technical understanding of supplier processes made the implementation much easier.
inforum has simplified our system landscape considerably. What used to be spread across several solutions now runs centrally – with significantly lower overall costs.
inforum can do more
Supplier management is one of several process areas covered by inforum. The modular platform brings quality, supplier management, and other core management processes into one shared system, connected, consistent, and built on a single data foundation.
Processes are interlinked, information flows between departments and responsibilities are transparent across the entire company.
Get to know inforum
Every company has its own processes and requirements. That’s why getting started with inforum begins with a discussion in which we take time for you. Get to know inforum based on your specific processes and requirements and let our team support you from the first question through to successful implementation.
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