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Q1 THIRD
EDITION
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3RD EDITION
Ford W orld Hea d qu a rt e rs
1 A m e ri c a n Road, D e a r b o r n , MI 4 8 1 2 6 U S A
h t t p s : / / w e b . q p r. f o r d . c o m / s t a / Q 1 . h t m l
C O N TE N TS
Introduction 3
Q1 Requirements 7
Q1 Score 13
Benefits of Q1 15
3RD EDITION
Applying for Q1 and Status Codes 16
JUNE 2020
What Is Q1?
It is a set of fundamental quality and manufacturing disciplines which,
when followed, ensure a supplier’s success and drive a supplier’s
continuous improvement. Suppliers are expected to attain a certain
level of performance, to put the tools in place to maintain excellence,
and to improve with each passing year.
Suppliers aren’t expected to achieve Q1 independently – it is a
relationship. Ford stands ready to offer suppliers its expertise,
experience and assistance throughout the Q1 quality journey.
Summary of Changes:
The Q1 3rd Edition requirements are effective June 2020.A
summary of the content changes is provided in Appendix F.
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Q1 REQUIREMENTS
Any external supplier manufacturing facility which currently supplies
production or service product to Ford and its Joint Ventures is eligible for Q1
consideration. Subcontractors are not eligible for Q1 status.
Q1 means that the supplier facility achieves excellence in these key areas:
Quality Performance, Capable Systems, Warranty Performance, and
Delivery Performance.
Q1 reports these Performance Categories (and associated Metrics) through
the Supplier Improvement Metrics (SIM) system. Suppliers can look up their
Q1 status and their overall Q1 score (updated weekly) in their SIM
performance reports. The Q1 performance metrics are discussed in more
detail in Appendix A.
Quality Performance
What is the supplier’s performance history with Ford?
Q1 uses five key Metrics in determining a supplier’s
Quality Performance Category score:
-Production and Service PPM: Does a supplier consistenly deliver high
quality products when compared against the industry standards?
-Production and Service QR Rate: Does the supplier provide high quality
parts to Ford and JV plants and service depots, minimizing disruptions?
-Stop Shipments: Is vehicle rework, modification or reinspection
necessary due to poor product availability or supplier quality?
3RD EDITION Q1 suppliers are responsible for the total quality of the products they
provide to Ford. This means that Q1 suppliers are responsible not just
for their own sites, but, unless otherwise stated in the Purchase Order
contract, also for the quality of any product which their sub-tier
suppliers manufacture.
Capable Systems
Q1 uses 3 key Metrics to define the capable systems Category:
Industry Standards:
What are the capabilities of a supplier’s processes and systems?
Q1 evaluates this aspect of business management by third party certification to
IATF 16949 quality management standards, and to the ISO 14001
environmental standard. Suppliers must also complete a self-assessment to
MMOG / LE, achieving level A. And fullfill special process requirements.
Compliance to these standards is required to attain and maintain Q1 status.
4 Capable systems are discussed in more detail in Appendix B. 5
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Does the supplier comply with their own processes, and is there
continuous improvement?
The Q1 Manufacturing Site Assessment determines if the site satisfies
Q1 process requirements, whether the supplier is performing to
customer expectations, and will identify any opportunity for
improvement.
Are systems and processes still operating at the same high level as
when the supplier achieved Q1 status? Have performance or
manufacturing process capabilities advanced in order to meet or
exceed increasing market expectations?
APQP Launch Performance:
How well is the supplier supporting launches as measured by Advanced
Quality Planning (APQP) for Ford manufacturing facilities?
In rating APQP Launch Performance, site engineers use:
- On time Schedule A submissions
- Escalation of open issues
- Providing robust completion evidence for APQP deliverables
- Sub-supplier APQP management
- Maintaining PPAP timing, actions, and documentation
- Management of Supplier Quality AIMS issues
- Service part availability at launch.
Delivery Performance
Do products arrive on time, at the correct location, in the proper quantity
and with the correct information?
Delivery rating maintained at 81 points or higher for all ship points
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Q1 REQUIREMENTS continued
Active Site Status Receipts Receipts are required for at least 3 of the Supplier Sites with no receipts for the last
most recent available 6 mature months, 13 consecutive calendar months are
and delivery ratings exist for at least 3 of subject to inactivation and loss of Q1
the most recent available 7 calendar status unless future business is confirmed
months for the supplier to be eligible for by the buyer.
Q1.
Overall Q1 score Must be 80 points or higher Must be 80 points or higher AND have no
0 point Metric scores as noted above. Q1
Action Recommended
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Q1 SCORE
Q1 Maximum METRICS Maximum Each Q1 Category score is calculated using the equation below:
CATEGORIES Possible Possible METRIC
CATEGORY score (Sum of earned Metric points) x (Q1 Category points)
score (Sum of possible Metric points)
Service Commodity PPM 10 points The Total Q1 score is calculated by summing the Q1 Category
30 points
scores:
Production QR Rate 10 points Quality Performance Category score + Capable Systems Category
score + Warranty Performance Category score + Delivery Performance
Service QR Rate 10 points Category score = Total Q1 Score earned
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BENEFITS OF Q1
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APPLYING FOR Q1 Q1 ELIGIBILITY AND STATUS CODES
Q1 Application Q1 Eligibility
Ford Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) will help you through the • Non-manufacturing facilities are not eligible for Q1 status. Examples
Q1 process. First, contact your Ford STA site engineer. They will of non-manufacturing facilities include, but are not limited to:
guide you through the steps necessary before you can make a warehouses, In-Line Vehicle Sequencing Centers (ILVS), P.O. Boxes,
formal Q1 application: accounting offices, sales offices, prototype design facilities, repair
• Is your site eligible for Q1 status? facilities, rework shops, distributors and ship points.
• Manufacturing locations which cannot generate all Q1 metrics,
• What is your classification: a new supplier, a new manufacturing site of
an existing supplier, or a manufacturing site attempting to qualify initially including quality and delivery performance, are not eligible for Q1.
for Q1 status? Note: Q1 metrics managed outside of SIM and approved by STAStrategy may
Your facility will conduct a self-evaluation to ensure that you meet the be used on an exception basis to represent the Q1 required performance
Q1 criteria. Once your facility is ready, based on the site metrics.
performance reported in SIM (against Q1 thresholds), the next step • Supplier Site must show at least one performance rating 6 months old
is to obtain the necessary customer endorsements by contacting the (production and/or Service metrics) and have at least 3 months of
customers for specific Q1 endorsement requirements. Once the metrics (delivery metrics may include the immature month).
required evidence has been approved and the endorsement • Supplier Sites must be STA active in GSDB/SIM with an assigned
Proforma signed, the endorsements are valid for six months from the STA site engineer and STA Organization.
date of the signature on the endorsement documents.
The next step in the Q1 process is formal application to Ford STA. When Q1 Status Codes
your self-evaluation shows your site to be up to Q1 standards (Q1 Q1 Status Codes are used to manage the Q1 process. Reference
Attainment Requirements, Page 7), and you have collected the STA, FCSD Appendix E for full descriptions of each Status Code.
and MP&L endorsements, as applicable, notify your STA site engineer in
writing, along with documentation of your certification to IATF 16949 and
ISO 14001, and compliance with MMOG / LE at Level A. Important Notes:
Next, Ford STA may schedule a Q1 on-site evaluation to review your Q1 is a Ford-exclusive designation. Facilities that no longer ship to Ford
qualifications for Q1. The responsible STA manager will provide a final or our JV partners may not advertise their Q1 status or fly the Q1 flag.
recommendation based on demonstrated site capabilities, performance
For external production suppliers, Ford Purchasing Supplier Technical
metrics, Manufacturing Site Assessment and the overall Q1 score Assistance (STA) administers the Q1 program globally. For suppliers of
maintained during the prior six months of mature data. service products, the responsible FCSD quality activity administers the Q1
STA Site Engineer reviews the Supplier Site data for conformance program globally.
with the Q1 Requirements as stated above and ensures all Access Details Online:
endorsements are obtained, are not expired and are in SIM. This document and information relating to Q1 are accessible to
• If the Supplier Site meets all Q1 Requirements the Q1 status
is updated in SIM and the Supplier Site is notified with a Q1 suppliers on the Ford Supplier Portal (FSP) at:
Letter bearing the required STA and Purchasing signatures. https://web.qpr.ford.com/sta/Q1.html
• The Q1 Plaque and Flag are ordered, and the STA
engineer delivers them to the Supplier Site as appropriate.
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APPENDIX A: Quality Performance
Note that the number of months and multiple of the Q1 industry commodity level can be
altered for all production suppliers and/or all service suppliers based on performance. • Note: examples of Q1 scoring calculations are available through Ford
Notice will be provided prior to implementing any such change.
Supplier Portal on https://web.qpr.ford.com/sta/Q1.html
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Prior 6 Months Receipt activity • The numerator (a QR Incident) includes QRs with >0 rejected
6M parts affecting PPM or chargebacks >$0.
Receiving Opportunity
site Part location 1 2 3 4 5 6 Denominator
• A unique QR Incident is any QR issued by a single Ford receiving
Multiple Parts - Multiple receiving locations - frequent shipments
locationfor a single supplier site code during one month, regardless
TESTA demo_part_A1 PL01A y y y y y y 6
TESTA demo_part_B2 PL01A y y y y y y 6 of the total quantity of parts rejected in the QR. Each QR counts only
TESTA demo_part_C3 PL01A y y y y y y 6
TESTA demo_part_D4 PL01A y y y y y y 6
once even if multiple part numbers are included in the QR.
TESTA demo_part_C3 PL03A y y 2 Note: For service parts, one QR is written per part number.
TESTA demo_part_D4 PL03A y y 2
TESTA demo_part_D4 PL04A y y y 3 One QR Opportunity exists where there is the following:
Monthly Opportunity
Denominator 5 6 5 4 6 5 31 • One part number received by a Ford or JV Receiving location with at
least one piece shipped to that Receiving location in a single month
Multiple Parts - Multiple receiving locations - infrequent shipments
TESTA demo_part_A1 PL01A y 1
TESTA demo_part_B2 PL01A y 1 Multiple QR Opportunities exist where there are multiple part numbers
TESTA demo_part_C3 PL01A y y 2
TESTA demo_part_D4 PL01A y 1 being received by multiple Ford Receiving locations over multiple
TESTA demo_part_C3 PL03A y 1
months
TESTA demo_part_D4 PL03A y 1
TESTA demo_part_D4 PL04A y 1 See Table 6 at left for examples of determination of the QR Opportunity
Monthly Opportunity
Denominator 2 1 1 1 1 2 8 (known as the “Denominator” in the QR Rate calculation in SIM)
• For production, colored parts are counted under one white part
(body in white)
• Incorporates only Ford receiving locations which are included in Q1
• For Service, receipts from each supplier site at all receiving
locations globally are combined before determining opportunities.
Service does not separate opportunities by receiving location.
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APPENDIX A: Quality Performance continued
The QR Rate Metric score Limits (table 8 at left, far right column)
will limit the QR Rate Metric score if the effective range (table 8 at
left, middle column) applies and the associated QR Rate Metric
score Limit is higher than the base QR Rate score calculated
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APPENDIX A: Quality Performance continued
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APPENDIX B: Capable Systems
1. New Supplier
2. APQP Element
3. Q1 Metric Issue at Site STA discretion
4. Critical Supplier Process
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APPENDIX B: Capable Systems continued
Table 11: Q1MSA Scoring (F) – Q1 Manufacturing Site Assessment (Q1MSA) continued
Q1 Metric scoring for Q1MSA is based on the status of the Q1
Manufacturing Site Assessment or the Q1 Manufacturing Site
Assessment Status Timing Metric
score Assessment Action Plan (if required). Suppliers may earn up to 15
Performed & Acceptable On Time (Per Assessment Due Date) 15 Metric score points toward the Capable Systems Category score.
None MSA Submission Pending 15 Metric point adjustments will occur according to Table 11 at left.
Late Assessment (to due date Overdue (Automatic Deduction) 10
(G)– IndustryStandards
Set by Site STA)
(0-10 Metric points)
Unacceptable Poor Performance/Supplier Denies 0
for submission Suppliers must maintain 3rd party certification to IATF 16949 and ISO
Acceptable 15 14001. Self assessment to MMOG/LE at level A. Scoring is determined
CAP (Corrective Action Plan) If
per Table.12 based on status of supplier certification. 3rd party
Required None 15
certification and MMOG/LE self-assessment results are entered by the
CAP has Significant issues 4
supplier into GSDB Online via Ford Supplier Portal in Covisint.
CAP is Unacceptable 0
ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System
MSA has Significant issues 4
MSA is Unacceptable 0 Q1 suppliers share a key role in our environmental commitment and
efforts toward continuous improvement. All existing production and
service supplier manufacturing sites are to be third-party certified to the
Table 12: Industry Standard Scoring ISO 14001.
Industry Standard Status Time Frame Metric
IATF 16949 – Supplier Quality M a n a g e m e n t System
Score
IATF 16949 provide a framework of fundamental quality management
All Certifications / Assessments Up-to-Date (not expired) 10 systems that enable continuous improvement and emphasize defect
Note: MMOG/LE to be submitted prevention and the reduction of variation and inefficiency within the value
between 1 May and 31 July chain. Q1 suppliers are required to be third-party certified to IATF 16949.
Table 13: APQP Launch Performance Scoring (H)– APQP Launch Performance
(0-5 Metric points)
Suppliers are expected to have a process in place to manage
The APQP Launch Performance is used to assess how effectively APQP Launch new vehicle program launches with the objective to achieve
activities are executed by the suppliers. flawless launch execution.
These include:
Supplier sites are rated on APQP Launch Performance out of 5
• On time Schedule A submissions
Metric score points per Table 13 at left. The supplier site's launch
• Escalation of open issues
performance is assessed by the Site STA engineer on a cadence
• Providing robust completion evidence for APQP deliverables
determined by Q1 status. Suppliers are assessed as one of four
• Sub-Supplier APQP Management
levels:
• Maintaining PPAP timing, actions and documentation
• Management of Supplier Quality AIMS issues - Outstanding Execution
• Service part availability at launch - Acceptable Execution
• Support of Material Required Dates, In Plant Dates (IPD), and Launch Ramp Up - Poor Execution
volumes - Not Applicable (Excluded)
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APPENDIX C:Warranty Performance
Note: Q1 impact of a Field Service Action may be waived if the supplier has
been proven not to be responsible for the Field Service Action, including
reassignment of responsibility to a sub-tier supplier, as agreed by a STA
Regional Director.
Table 15b: Warranty R/1000 Phase In Limits • Lowest score is limited to 4 points where 4 or less repairs are
reported (Table 15b at left)
R/1000 Metric
R/1000 Phase-In Metric Effective Range score Limits
(Lowest score
Allowed) * The scoring criteria in Table 15 are referring to months of
production, for example, 6M = the average of the R/1000 at 3MIS
Number of warranty repairs <=4 4 metric across the last 6 months of production.
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APPENDIX D: Delivery Performance
Table 16: Delivery Performance Metric Scoring The Delivery Performance Category
Products must arrive on time, at the correct location, in the proper
Delivery Performance
quantity and with the correct information. This metric drives
Metric (K) (L)
Production Delivery Service Delivery excellence in communication and shipping performance.
Maximum Metric 10 10 (K) and (L) – Delivery Performance for Production and Service
points (0-10 Metric points each)
Active Metric Must have at least one Must have at least one A Supplier earns Q1 Metric points (Table 16 at left) for both
Criteria production delivery rating in service delivery rating in the
the 6 mature months or via 6 mature months or via ship production and service delivery performance based on the weighted
ship point point six-month average delivery rating and monthly ratings. For a Q1
delivery metric score to be active, the supplier must have at least one
Table 17: Delivery Performance Thresholds month with a delivery rating in the prior 6 months. If a site receives
Super G 6 Month Weighted Average Metric points multiple production or service delivery ratings, its delivery metric
99 to 100 10 points score will be based on the worst production and service ratings,
96 to 98.99 9 points respectively.
86 to 95.99 8 points
•Delivery ratings are based on the ship site(s)
81 to 85.99 7 points
70 to 80.99 5 points • A unique ship point is determined by its ship point GSDB code
(not meeting 0 criteria below) • In the Q1 Scoring Detail, The “Incomplete” label indicates that
0 to 69.99 the site is Production or Service STA active, but has no
(not meeting 0 criteria below) 3 points
corresponding delivery ratings in the last 7 months (includes the
Less than 81
(AND ALL of the 3 the most recent 0 points immature month).
available monthly ratings <81, including • Delivery ratings will be assigned directly to a manufacturing
the immature month if reported)
Supplier Site when the mfg Supplier Site code is the same as the
ship point Supplier Site code.
• Delivery ratings assigned directly to the manufacturing Supplier
For all considered ship points*, the Supplier Site receives the “0 point” Metric score if Site (where Mfg Site Code = Ship Point Site code, regardless of
both of the following occur for any ship point: presence of receipts) are always considered (when delivery
• Delivery Rating falls below 81 points for both the six-month weighted average AND ratings exist within the prior 7 month period)
• The last 3 available ratings from the past 7 complete months all are under 81. This
includes the immature month rating if one is available. These ratings do not need to
be in consecutive calendar months.
*Ship sites with < 2 ratings in the past 7 months are not considered.
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APPENDIX E: Q1 Status Codes
Q1 StatusCodes
Q1 Status Codes are used to manage the Q1 process, described in
Figure 1 at left and described below.
What’s Changed?
1. Q1 Scoring and Performance Categories 2. New Q1 Metrics for Q13rd Edition
The Q1 scoring method and metric grouping have been revised. QR Rate for both production and service, APQP Launch Performance, and
Warranty R/1000 Performance are new Metrics in Q1 3rd Edition.
Q1 will now be scored from 0 to 100 Q1 points. Sites start with 0 points and earn
points in 4 Performance Categories. A site must maintain a total score of 80 Q1 points A) QR Rate:
and maintain / attain certain Metric scores to remain in good standing. Suppliers will QR Rate is a normalized measure of unique QR incidents per 100 opportunities for both
no longer receive negative points or bonus points applied to a base score. Production and Service. Both Categories contribute 10 Metric points to the Quality
The 4 Performance Categories are as follows: Performance Q1 Category score.
Additional detail in Appendix A: Quality Performance.
A) Quality Performance: Contributes 30 Category points, consists of 5 Metrics. B) APQP Launch Performance:
- Production Commodity PPM The supplier site's launch performance is assessed by the Site STA engineer on a cadence
- Service Commodity PPM determined by Q1 status. Suppliers are assessed as one of four levels:
(Overall Site PPM Removed) - Outstanding Execution
- Production QR Rate (New) - Acceptable Execution
- Service QR Rate (New) - Poor Execution
- Stop Shipments - Not Applicable (Excluded)
Additional detail in Appendix B: Capable Systems.
C) Warranty R/1000 Performance:
B) Capable Systems: Contributes 30 Category points, consists of 3 Metrics.
The Warranty R/1000 Performance (Repairs per 1000 vehicles) metric is based on the
- Q1 Manufacturing Site Assessment
improvement trend in R/1000 data at 3 months in service for the last 12 reported months for
1. No Defined assessment Frequency for Q1 Supplier
the supplier manufacturing site. Suppliers earn points for positive trends when comparing
2. Trigger based assessment & at Site STA discretion
the 3, 6, and 12 month R/1000 averages.
- Industry Standards (IATF 16949 ISO 14001, MMOG/LE)
Additional detail in Appendix C: Warranty Performance.
- APQP Launch Performance (New)
.
C) Warranty Performance: Contributes 20 Category points, consists of 2 Metrics.
- Field Service Actions 3. Streamlined Endorsements
- Warranty R/1000 Performance (New – Production only)
A. Plant Endorsement Removal:
Plant endorsement has been removed from Q1 requirements.
D) Delivery Performance: Contributes 20 Category points, consists of 2 Metrics. Q1 3rd Edition now contains QR Rate, Launch Performance, and
- Production Delivery Warranty Performance, eliminating the need for Plant Endorsement.
- Service Delivery
Additional detail in Appendix D: Delivery Performance B. MP&L Lead Region Endorsement Supplier needs to submit
endorsement request only to the region of site location (lead region).
MP&L representative of lead region records endorsement in SIM. Lead
Based on supplier circumstances, certain Metric scores may not apply / may be region representative obtains endorsement from other affected regions
inactive. Only Metrics with active performance will impact the Category Q1 score for without supplier participation.
Q1 eligbility. If there are no active Metrics in an entire Category, the Category will be
scored at a default value of 80% of the possible Category score. Q1 is not attainable C. FCSD Lead Region Endorsement for both quality and delivery:
Supplier needs to submit service endorsement request only to the
without at least one active Metric in each Category. Where all Metrics in Quality or region of site location (lead region). FCSD representative of lead region
Delivery Categories are inactive, the Q1 score and the Category will be identified as records endorsement in SIM. Lead region representative obtains
“Incomplete” in SIM. “Incomplete” does not imply poor performance. The Site endorsement from other affected regions for both service quality and
Engineer and supplier should understand the reason for any missing metric and take delivery without supplier participation
action if it is not expected.
4. Q1 MSA simplification changes
Q1 2nd Edition included all commodities at the site in Q1 attainment PPM scoring. A. Q1 MSA assessment Frequency for both Q1 & Non Q1 Suppliers is eliminated
B. Rating system & respective scoring system for assessment has been changed
5.Warranty Performance Changes : Contributes 20 Category points, consists of 2 Metrics.
Q1 3rdEdition limits the PPM scoring for Q1 attainment to the base PPM score for - Field Service Actions- 15 points
those commodities used for Q1. - Warranty R/1000 Performance -05 Points
6.Delivery Scoring Scale change: Contributes 20 Category points,.
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APPENDIX G: Contacts
What Where Who There are many systems and processes associated with Q1.
General questions about
SIM siminfo@ford.com
SIM Table 19 at left provides a list of key systems or other resources associated
Capable Systems GSDB Online Suppliers with Q1 and their contacts for help or more details.
Supplier CSA If there are any other areas not mentioned in the table where help is
Corporate Security Covisint Help
https://fsp.portal.covisint.com/web/po
Administrator Update Desk
rtal/home Covisint
needed, the first point of contact is the STA Site Engineer identified in SIM
(Supplier Improvement Metrics), available through Ford Supplier Portal in
Delivery Champion name, GSDB Online or Ford Supplier Delivery Analyst
Covisint https://fsp.portal.covisint.com/web/portal/home
phone, fax email CMMS, Super G displayed in SIM
Note: Lead STA Site Engineer is the Production STA Site Engineer, unless
Delivery Dispute Super G SMPG@ford.com the Supplier Site is Service unique or delegated by Production, then the
Service STA is the Lead Site Engineer.
Supplier.
Covisint Help
FSP Access Issues https://fsp.portal.covisint.com/web/po
Desk
rtal/home
Q1 Manufacturing Site
eQ1MSA or SIM Supplier or STA Site Engineer
Assessment
Plant Manager name, GSDB Online or Supplier through GSDB online
phone, fax, email STA Engineer STA Site Engineer, POC
Ford Plant IQ
PPM Production Dispute QR2, CMMS
and/or STA Resident
Covisint,
Applications, Service STA Site Engineer as listed in
“FCSD Supplier SIM
PPM Service Dispute
Quality Note: must complete 3D before
Discrepancy disputing.
Notice Site”
GSDB Online or
QC Manager name, phone, Supplier through GSDB online
STA Site
fax, email STA Site Engineer, POC
Engineer
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