Procurement Process

Procurement Process and Procurement Flow Chart

1 Procurement Process 1.1 The company formulates and implements the Supplier Evaluation and Selection Procedure, Procurement Process Control Procedure, and Procurement Product Verification Procedure

The company controls the evaluation of the suppliers, procurement process, and the verification of the purchased products, etc, to make sure that the purchased products or services comply with the stipulated requirements.
PMC Department is the focal management department of the company. The PMC department is the focal point of the purchasing process.

1.2 The company ensures that suppliers are evaluated in advance according to the following requirements:

A. Evaluating and selecting suppliers according to their ability to provide products or services in accordance with the company's needs;

B. Specifying the evaluation methods and the degree of evaluation for each type of supplier;

C. Selecting or re-selecting or evaluating suppliers in accordance with the company's needs and in accordance with the prescribed cycle;

D. Evaluating qualified suppliers and evaluating their performance. >D. The list of qualified suppliers is clearly listed for the company to select when purchasing;

E. Relevant records or information are formed and retained, including requirements for corrective action that may be required.

2 Purchasing Information

2.1 The Company adopts a uniform purchasing document, in which purchasing requirements and related

validation requirements shall be clearly stated in the purchasing document or other documents.

2.2 The Company shall clearly state the approval requirements for purchasing and the qualifications of purchasers in the relevant documents.

2.3 The following information requirements are clearly stated in the relevant procurement documents:

A. Approval or qualification requirements for procedures, processes, equipment and personnel for the procurement of products or services;

B. Requirements for quality/environmental/occupational health and safety management systems;

C. Validation arrangements for purchases and the manner in which the products or services are released.

2.4 Maintain relevant records and information as required.

3 Purchasing Validation

3.1 The IQC Section of the Quality Management Department implements the Purchased Product Validation Procedures to implement incoming inspection or validation of all purchased materials in accordance with the approved inspection documents to verify that the purchased materials are in compliance with the requirements of the purchasing documents.

3.2 The Company may, in accordance with the contract or agreement, send a representative to the source for review or acceptance, or, when requested by the Company's customers, have the customer or his/her representative validate the material within the Company or at the supplier's source, but the above validation does not diminish the supplier's responsibility to provide a conforming product, nor does it preclude subsequent re-inspection and rejection.

3.3 The Company shall keep records of incoming inspection or verification to ensure that the information can be utilized later to evaluate the supplier's quality status and quality trends. Records should also be kept of the identification of each batch of material for traceability.