Purchasing

Strategy and purchasing policy

Intensive cooperation

The name aluplast stands for technical competence and products of the highest quality, combined with fast delivery times and bold innovation. These qualities are not only designed to meet all of our customers’ needs and expectations, but they also form the basis on which our success has been built. As a successful manufacturer of plastic window systems and a supplier of window profile systems for window manufacturers, we understand the value of intensive and long-term cooperation with out suppliers – a cooperation based on trust which serves to the advantage of both parties.

Our philosophy is defined by the following purchasing principles:

• To set up and maintain long-term business relationships
• To encourage competition
• To adopt an international outlook
• To maintain professionalism and respectability at both commercial and personal level in all of our business dealings
• To maintain a culture of fairness and integrity in accordance with our company philosophy
• To perform supplier assessments in order to create equal opportunities for all
  

Product groups

Areas in which you can help us

Here is a general overview of the product groups purchased by us.

Overview of product groups 

Supplier management

Gemeinsam Qualität, Termintreue und Produktivität sichern

Working together to ensure quality, productivity and reliable delivery schedules
Customer satisfaction is the first priority of the aluplast Group. The success of our company therefore depends on successful cooperation with equally successful suppliers.

This principle also drives our purchasing activities.

Accordingly, we choose our suppliers not only on the basis of cost. Instead, our supplier evaluation and selection process also places particular importance on:

• consistently high quality
• reliability, the ability to meet delivery schedules on-time and a well-working logistics system
• corporate flexibility and speed of response
• competitiveness and efficiency
• willingness and capacity to innovate
• great willingness to cooperate, share information and provide a service

To ensure that our suppliers meet these criteria, we perform a very careful selection process early on and aim to constantly develop our supplier network.

How to join our network of suppliers

Please complete our Supplier Registration form and return it to us so that we can gain an overview of your company. This will allow us to include you when we send out details of relevant enquiries and invitations to tender in the future.

The remaining process is covered in the aluplast 'Supplier Registration' work instruction.

Supplier strategy

Level 1 - series supplier

You meet the requirements according to our supplier evaluation and are classed as an 'A' supplier. All suppliers are assessed at least once a year.

Level 2 - key supplier

You have proved your self as a reliable series supplier and optimise our business relationship by improving productivity for the benefit of both parties. We will sign long-term purchasing outline agreements.

Level 3 - preferred supplier

You are a strategically important partner of our company and contribute expertise and innovation to our business relationship. You take an active role in the development of products and in investments.

Contact

How to contact us

Would you like to contact our purchasing department? Please get in touch with:

aluplast® GmbH, Kunststoffprofile
Strategischer Einkauf
Auf der Breit 2
76227 Karlsruhe

Telefon: +49 (0) 721 47171 - 0
Telefax: +49 (0) 721 47171 - 399

For more information or documents please contact our purchasing department.
E-Mail: einkauf@aluplast.de

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