EI | Terms and Conditions

The requirements below only apply to Approved suppliers by Electronic Interconnect.

As a supplier to Electronic Interconnect[EI], it is understood that your organization agrees to meet the following our QMS requirements. These requirements are, therefore, to be considered as Terms and Conditions towards EI’s purchases.
Enter this order in accordance with the prices, terms, delivery method, and any specifications listed within this Purchase Order.
EI reserves the right for the final approval of products, services, methods, processes, equipment, and release of products and services.
EI reserves the right to specify customer-approved external providers, including special process sources for products requested.
EI expects that all products will be of new manufacture and free of Foreign Object Debris / Damage; FOD. Ensure that appropriate competency documentation is provided when requested. A competent person must perform all special processes.
Please notify us immediately if:
- a. you are unable to ship as specified.
- b. you become aware that a nonconforming product was shipped to us;
- c. you became aware of any changes to product, processes, suppliers, and manufacturing location and did not notify EI in writing to request authorization for such change.
- d. you become aware that you used unapproved suppliers to provide EI with the above materials or services.
In the event of any notification issued, as noted in Item 4 above, you must receive nonconforming product disposition approvals from us prior to shipment.
When requested in the description section of this PO, please provide a Certificate of Conformity, test reports or authorized release certificate.
Ensure that records pertaining to EI’s orders are retained for at least 10 (ten) years or as required by contract. All calibration records for measurement devices used in the production of products for EI shall be retained for 10 (ten) years from the completion of the Purchase Order. Contact EI prior to disposition of quality records for disposition instructions.
EI has an expectation that its aerospace suppliers will implement a Quality Management System (QMS).
EI expects that you shall have the policy to prevent the use of counterfeit parts as appropriate to your organization and provide copies upon request.
EI has an expectation that you will flow down to your external providers any applicable requirements, including customer requirements.
Ensure that your employees are aware of:
- a) their contribution to product or service conformity.
- b) their contribution to product safety;
- c) the importance of ethical behavior.
EI, their customer(s), and regulatory authorities reserve the right to access applicable areas of your facilities and applicable documented information at any level of the supply chain when deemed necessary.

Supplier monitoring:

EI reserves the right to control and monitor the supplier’s quality and delivery performance. Performance is assessed annually using on-time delivery, product or service quality, and turnaround time as indicators. In case of unsatisfactory performance, a corrective action request will be issued. Failure to implement effective corrective actions can result in additional controls over the supplied product or the supplier, including, but not limited to, charge-backs and inventory adjustment. If these controls are not effective, it can result in the supplier becoming unapproved.

Testing, inspection and verification:

EI or our customers reserve the right to perform verification or validation activities at the supplier’s facilities.
EI reserves the right to designate requirements for test, inspection, and verification (including production process verification), including the use of statistical techniques for product acceptance and related instructions for acceptance by EI.
EI has an expectation that you will provide test specimens for design and development approval, inspection/verification, investigation, or auditing.
EI reserves the right to approve or specify any design and development control, special requirements, critical items, or key characteristics.
EI reserves the right of access by our representative, our customers, and any regulatory authorities to the applicable areas of all facilities at any level of the supply chain involved in fulfilling the order and to the applicable documentation.
TRACEABILITY AND IDENTIFICATION:
The organization shall establish and maintain a system that provides traceability of all raw materials and processes throughout product realization that can identify:
- • Raw material(s) composition or sourcing
- • Acceptance records of the material
- • All shipments must accompany by a packing slip
- • Country/Countries of Origin
The traceability system shall maintain current revision, specification, and quality requirements from raw material through the finalized product. All materials and processes used by EI. This may also include any specific customer traceability requirements.

Interactions with our suppliers:

Communication with suppliers occurs at the time of PO issuance; in situations where there are discrepancies and/or non- conformance with the compliance with the stated Terms & Conditions, we will communicate via email and/or phone discussion.
In case our customers request it, we expect our suppliers to use customer-designated or approved external providers, including process sources (e.g., special processes). This will be communicated to you on a case-by-case basis as stated in the description section of the PO

Signed:_____________

Date:_____________

Electronic Interconnect

Terms and Conditions For Approved Suppliers