Enhancing Supplier Communications at United Technologies Corporation

Author(s):

David Charpie
David Charpie, Senior VP, Worldwide Operations, Open Ratings, Inc., 200 West Street, Waltham, MA 02451, 200 West Street, Waltham, MA 02451
Ken Marcia
Ken Marcia, Director of Supplier Development – UTC Technologies Corporation, Four Farm Springs Road, Farmington, CT 06032, (860) 678.4547 marciakr@corphq.utc.com

88th Annual International Conference Proceedings - 2003 - Nashville, TN

Abstract

United Technologies Corporation has begun looking forward at their suppliers’ predicted performance and stability, sharing that data with their suppliers and working together to solve problems before they happen. Understand how, as a result, UTC is positioned to both reduce their own risk and lead a new era of effective buyer-supplier partnerships in the aerospace industry.