Executive summary
The cheapest component is expensive when it arrives late, lacks traceability, or cannot be substituted during an outage.
Separate commodity buying from reliability buying
The practical move is to assign ownership, define the evidence needed, and connect the decision to uptime, safety, capital timing, or supply continuity.
Score suppliers by documentation and substitution support
The practical move is to assign ownership, define the evidence needed, and connect the decision to uptime, safety, capital timing, or supply continuity.
Build replenishment agreements around criticality
The practical move is to assign ownership, define the evidence needed, and connect the decision to uptime, safety, capital timing, or supply continuity.