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Collaboration and Communication Can Optimize Your Operations

OpX work products, such as Request for Proposal, Acceptance Testing, Remote Equipment Access, and Total Cost of Ownership, can help improve manufacturer/supplier relationships.

PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network brings together industry experts and provides networking and tools to facilitate communications between suppliers and end users. Those who participate in OpX forums experience an open dialogue between manufacturers and OEMs that share a dedication to operational excellence.

Process improvement documents have been published to aid manufacturers in areas such as request for proposal (RFP), acceptance testing, total cost of ownership (TCO), and remote equipment access. These documents help both manufacturers and suppliers get on the same page and maintain strong, lasting relationships that are mutually beneficial. 

Request for Proposal 

Op X Rfp GuidelinesOpX’s RFP Guidelines for CPG Industry and its accompanying RFP Process Template give CPGs a consistent preparation process that enhances the clarity of customer expectations while minimizing important information omissions.

Historically well-intended, RFPs convey a CPG’s vital requirements. Too often, however, the process has lacked consistency, clarity, and a thorough explanation of required critical expectations. Sometimes, OEMs were making assumptions in response to RFPs. As a result, CPGs were not getting what they wanted, when they wanted it, or at the price they wanted.

The RFP Guidelines provide a common, systematic thought process that enables greater clarity and understanding of capital project requirements, resulting in better outcomes for all stakeholders involved in the process.

As a companion document to the RFP Guidelines, the RFP Template is a working document in an Excel format that allows users to record key information to convey to internal team members, as well as external bidders, on capital equipment project requirements.

Recently, the Total Cost of Ownership Working Group updated the original playbook and checklist with the addition of user guide features that make it easier to navigate this document and gain the maximum value from it. 

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Acceptance Tests

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