Collaborating to establish standards
In 2008, IBM continued its direct involvement in the EICC. It currently holds the Chair of the Board position and it has participated in work groups such as Communications/Stakeholder engagement, Extractives, and the Validated Audit Process.
In early 2009, the EICC (link resides outside of ibm.com) released its first annual report, which describes the coalition, its history, current projects and recent accomplishments.
An example of the EICC deliverables IBM uses is the EICC Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ). Not only is IBM a supplier to our customers but we also supply other companies in the electronics supply chain. During 2008, IBM completed the corporate portion of the EICC SAQ. In late 2008, we created a plan to have all IBM manufacturing locations implement the SAQ in support of our endorsement of the EICC code of conduct.
IBM is not only extending SCSR to its suppliers but also including itself in this initiative; this will help us become a better customer in the supply chain and will help put us in a better position to consult our suppliers on how they too can improve in the mutual objective to drive sustained improvements.
In 2009, IBM is transitioning from its own code to using the EICC code of conduct and its associated audit questions and Validated Audit Process. We will use the EICC audit process for future assessments of manufacturing/production suppliers. The EICC Validated Audit Process is very rigorous and well suited for larger manufacturing suppliers. In addition, by converting to this format, we will further support the EICC’s objective of eliminating redundant audits in the supply chain and increasing the sharing of audit results across multiple customers (within the established procedures of the EICC).
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2008 IBM Corporate Responsibility Report
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