Sustainability Report 2020

Responsible Management of the Supply Chain

The strategic guidelines and general criteria related to the supply of materials and services are established by PSC Board of Directors. In this group, materials and services, which can have an impact on the quality of the finished product, are included. In general, materials are divided into four categories:

  • raw materials including thermoplastic resins, paints, glues and two-component resins
  • semi-finished products and components
  • products from external processes, such as molding, painting and assembly
  • packaging

Strategic services include:

  • selections
  • rework and repairing
  • tool calibration and laboratory tests
  • sequencing

The selection of suppliers is entrusted to the strategic purchasing department which, in order to prevent any risk in terms of supply, performs an initial assessment where the following aspects are analyzed:

  • financial stability
  • suitability of available resources, including people and infrastructure
  • turnover in the automotive sector
  • logistic process

Moreover, in line with sustainability principles, the purchasing department supports suppliers showing a consistent approach towards ethical standards. For this reason, PSC asks suppliers to adopt their own ethics code that regulates subjects, such as respect for human rights and anti-corruption measures, as well as ISO 9001 quality Management certification.

In the suppliers’ selection, it is considered an asset having health and safety management systems (OHSAS 18001 / ISO 45001), as well as environmental management (ISO 14001). Suppliers are then required to demonstrate the implementation of those measures able to improve the quality of products and/or processes, setting up of training courses for internal staff, along with the development of accurate methods in managing their suppliers.

For all ISO 14001 suppliers certified sites there is an environmental management system. This activity will be extended to the whole Group, in line with the objective of obtaining ISO 14001 certification for all plants.

To all the realities that provide raw materials and components are required to enter definitive information on the basic composition directly on the International Material Data System (IMDS). In this way it is possible to comply with the European regulation on end-of-life vehicles (DIR 2000/53 / EC) and its amendments.

If the customer has contractually defined a list of designated suppliers, the so-called “imposed suppliers”, the material or the product to be used for the production is purchased from these companies. In any case, even this category is subject to monitoring, unless otherwise specified in the agreement with the customer.

Finally, it should be noted that an instrument has entered into business intelligence operation introduced in 2017 and it aims at promoting the utmost transparency and traceability of the purchasing process.

Net of the increase in suppliers due to new acquisitions specified above. During the reporting year, there were no significant changes in the structure in the supply chain.

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