Executive Committee. Senior management committee comprised of a member from each stakeholder organization and the supplier. Responsibilities include SSA oversight and review and approval of all SSA activities. This committee exists for the life of the Alliance.
Charter. Document stating the commitment of each organization to partner in a Strategic Supplier Alliance and signed by the senior government and corporate executive of each alliance organization.
Improvement Opportunities. Targeted problem issues or identified Best Practices that need to be investigated, analyzed and resolved by the Improvement Teams.
Improvement Team. A team established by the SSA Joint Steering Group to address a specifically identified improvement opportunity. Membership is from all stakeholder organizations and the supplier and is cross-functional to represent areas which the specific improvement can affect. This team exists for a specific period of time, which is dependent on the scope and resolution of the identified improvement opportunity.
Goals. An agreed upon set of outcomes which the SSA works toward achieving.
Joint Steering Group (JSG). Day-to-day SSA management committee comprised of members from all stakeholder organizations and the supplier. Responsibilities include focusing the SSA on goals, objectives and improvement opportunities; establishing and managing improvement teams and monitoring overall SSA progress. This committee exists for the life of the Alliance.
Responsible Supply Chain. The DLA supply chain managing the SSA.
Objectives. Tasks to be accomplished in order to achieve goals.
Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M). The roadmap developed to chart the course from SSA determination, via development and implementation, through monitoring and measurement.
Stakeholder. Those government activities with a declared interest in the SSA business relationship with the supplier; includes all DLA centers, HQ, DLA, DoD activities (Military Services, DCMA, etc.). For purposes of these instructions, those activities that decline participation in the SSA are not stakeholders. The SSA supplier is identified as the “supplier” to differentiate government-internal activities from all-participant activities.
Strategic Supplier Alliance (SSA). A DLA/customer/supplier partnership that transcends purchasing transactions to develop strategies and improvement opportunities that facilitate the sharing of information and which combines the
purchasing power and knowledge of the customer and fully engages the supplier’s capabilities to deliver superior value.
Supplier. For the purposes of SSAs, suppliers are industry partners identified as critical to meeting customer expectations and mission readiness subsequent to a DLA business profile analysis.
Supplier Relationship Manager (SRM). A position designated by DLA that manages partnerships with key suppliers and seeks to deliver significant return on investment to the enterprise. This individual serves as the single point of contact and subject matter expert for assigned supplier(s). Additionally, the SRM collaborates across the DLA enterprise to meet customer and supplier expectations.
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