World Wide Manufacturing Facilities R&M Forum (corpmfrm)
A Statement from the R&M Champion, Mr. Jim Padilla:

'With our customers demanding better and more complex products, the need for robust manufacturing processes capable of producing little or no variability, supported by reliability, easy to maintain and flexible equiptment is paramount. The Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) process is a critical element of the Ford Production System that assures our manufacturing equiptment and facilities operate at an optimum level with the least amount of interruption. Designed for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Reliability and Maintainability jointly will produce the highest level of safety and product quality, lowest manufacturing costs and the shorest delivery time to fulfill the customers expectations. High integrity R&M will need to be managed much like FMEA's, requiring review of R&M integrity and follow up to ensure attention to detail and delivery. It will become a part of program gateways and will become a key 'critical to success' factor in our committment to deliver Best In Class New Model Launches'.

Audience
This applications is intended for use by:

• Ford Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM's)
• Standardized Component Suppliers (SCS's)
• Ford Asset Acquiring Engineers

Technical Requirements

• IE 5.0 or higher
• Microsoft Office Products to use the forms we have available

Registration
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1. In the left menu bar click "Administration Tools"
2. Select "request service" under "my profile".
3. Click "Request" button next to "Ford Supplier Portal"
4. After requesting the Ford Supplier Portal, the company administrator at your company will approve or reject your application request.

Note: If you are a current user of FSN and have not yet been migrated to the Ford Supplier Portal, please continue to access Ford Supplier Applications through the Ford Supplier Network.