Training plan · Buyers
Procurement, sourcing, commodity management and supply-chain staff who buy chips, components, tools, services and capacity. The plan reads the supplier's lifecycle from the buyer's side: what the supplier's gates mean for availability, how to find and compare suppliers, what a supplier's quality system and qualification evidence should show, how PPAP and AEC qualification work, how second sources are qualified, how counterfeits are kept out, and how change notices, end of life and supply planning are handled before they become shortages.
11 modules across three levels, a capstone and collateral. Built on the Hub's lifecycles, stage guides, gate packs, checklists, tool flows, decisions and governance flows. Version 0.1.0, revised 2026-10-19.
The supplier's lifecycle from the buyer's side, finding and comparing suppliers, and quality system basics.
Supplier qualification, PPAP, AEC and grades, second source, counterfeit avoidance and compliance of purchased parts.
Change notices, obsolescence and last-time buys, and supply planning.
Capstone: Source and secure one critical part.
The sample module is for registered members; the full plan, its exercises, self-checks and collateral are part of paid plans. Registration is free and takes a minute. You come back to this page afterwards.