Supplier Development Plan Lifecycle

A Supplier Development Plan (SDP) is processed by moving it through the states in its lifecycle. For example, in the first state, a draft SDP is created and is automatically connected to a supplier. Only Supplier Development Managers (SDMs) can create, edit, and delete SDPs. Advanced Quality Engineers (AQE) can view SDPs and related items such as lifecycle, deliverables, and discussions. and participate in discussions. for any supplier. Supplier Representatives can view plans and related items and participate in discussions for their company's plans. Supplier Representatives can also submit Supplier Development Plan deliverables.

The Supplier Development Plan lifecycle includes these states:

This page discusses:

Draft

New SDPs are created in the Draft state. A SDP's name can be automatically generated or entered by the owner. In either case the Create New Development Plan page is used to generate the SDP. The SDP is automatically connected to the Supplier that is currently displayed. Deliverables can be added to an SDP. The originator, a Supplier Development Manager, can promote the SDP to the Active state.

Active

The originator of the SDP can make additional edits to the SDP. Others can also review the SDP. The Supplier Representatives can also submit SDP Deliverables. Once the originator/SDM is satisfied that the SDP correctly defines development plan for the supplier, s/he promotes it to the Completed state.

As the SDP leaves the Active state, the following checks are fired:

  • All SDP Deliverables must be completed.

Completed

Additional modifications to the SDP are permitted in the Completed state.