- We are greatful for your interest in becoming a supplier to Alphatec Trading. We appreciate engaging and collaborating with quality suppliers to help us meet our needs in increasingly competitive global markets. As a Alphatec supplier you would be expected to meet certain key requirements as outlined below.
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Our Business Relationship
As an Alphatec supplier, you would be expected to provide value-added products and services, which help our business:
- Differentiate Alphatec products and services
- Meet or exceed Alphatec customer expectations
- Better meet the challenges of our global markets
Our supplier relationship needs to help support organic Alphatec growth, reduce costs, improve Alphatec productivity and either reduce Alphatec’s working capital demands or increase Alphatec’s cash flow. If you are selected as an Alphatec supplier, you will be expected to demonstrate consistent improvement in each of these areas and to follow very specific guidelines to help deliver lower total costs.
Our suppliers are also expected to comply with all applicable laws and to conduct business ethically. These and other expectations are more fully outlined in both our standard Purchase Order Terms & Conditions and our Sourcing Agreements. We have also developed various business conduct standards for our suppliers in areas such as the environment, workplace health & safety, and human resources. Those standards continue to evolve in response to rapidly changing social views on the proper role of transnational corporations and their role in shaping global supply chain performance.
As a matter of corporate policy, Alphatec Sourcing Operations is responsible for managing the entire purchasing process working with both internal clients and our suppliers and must approve all contracts for the purchase of goods or services.
Payment
In order to be considered for selection as an Alphatec supplier:
- Each invoice must match the corresponding Alphatec purchase Order, including Alphatec specified payment terms. Changes to Purchase Orders must be reported using electronic Purchase Order Acknowledgements. Invoices not matching Alphatec Purchase Orders will be returned unpaid.
- Source to Pay transactions (i.e., purchase orders, advanced ship notices, purchase order acknowledgements, invoices, payments, etc.) must be processed electronically (Ariba, Electronic Data Interchange [EDI], Supply Network Collaboration [SNC], etc.) or per the signed contract between supplier and Alphatec.
Supplier Selection
Suppliers are selected based on their ability to meet Alphatec requirements including technical capability, product and service quality, innovative product and service improvements, responsiveness, timely and accurate delivery, total cost, financial strength, and best overall value. These are consistent with Alphatec’s own expectations for service to its customers and reflect the spirit of partnership we expect with our suppliers.
Supplier Management and Development
As an Alphatec supplier, you are expected to participate in Alphatec’s Supplier Management Process. This Process has been developed to help assure continuous supplier improvement and better communications between Alphatec and its supply chain. Depending on the goods or services you provide to Alphatec this process can take various forms, such as the TQRDC (Technology / Quality / Responsiveness / Delivery / Cost) improvement model or jointly developed continuous improvement plans that take into account the unique challenges in specific supplier relationships. Regardless of the supplier management and development tools used, this process also involves regular meetings between Alphatec and key suppliers.