Purchase Order Requirements

This describes the mandates for communicating our customer product quality requirements and expectations to be flowed to our approved external suppliers to ensure products conform to specified B/P and P.O. requirements. Unless otherwise specified on our P.O. to your facility the following are required.

  1. Supplier notification is required in cases of nonconforming product, including arrangements for K-2 Manufacturing, LLC approval of supplier nonconforming material.
  2. Supplier notification is required for changes in product and/or process definition including, where required, per K-2 Manufacturing, LLC approval.
  3. The supplier will flow down to sub tier suppliers the applicable requirements in the purchasing documents, including key characteristics.
  4. Certification(s) of Compliance to all applicable specifications if requested by K-2 Manufacturing, LLC.
  5. Right of Entry shall be granted to K-2 Manufacturing, LLC, its customers, and regulatory authorities, to all facilities involved with the order and to all applicable records, for the purpose of monitoring product quality.
  6. Records resulting from the processing of this order shall be retained for a minimum of ten (10) years after completion of K-2 Manufacturing, LLC’s customer’s contract, or as otherwise required by that customer.
  7. Supplier responsible for Lost or Damaged Product.
  8. AS9100/ISO 9001 Quality Management System or equivalent preferred.
  9. Prevent the use of counterfeit parts (see 8.1.4 of the AS9100D / ISO 9001:2015 Standard).
  10. Ensure that persons / employees are aware of: their contribution to product or service conformity, their contribution to product safety, and the importance of ethical behavior.
  11. Goods sold to K-2 MFG, LLC must not contain Conflict Minerals, the presence of which could trigger reporting obligations under the conflict minerals rules promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions under Executive Order 13671.