A long-term and fair partnership

A family-owned business for three generations, we have been producing and selling state-of-the art solutions for ORs throughout the world.

To ensure lasting and profitable growth and to continue to meet the market requirements, continually improving our products is a primary focus. The starting points to this end are quality and customer satisfaction.

To reach these goals, in the future we will have to be able to rely on suppliers who are reliable and efficient and have an established and certified quality management system in place.

Our supplier support has a major influence on BERCHTOLD's overall performance. Therefore, we expect effective contributions with an optimal price-performance ratio for the goods and services pro-vided.

Supplier selection is not based only on costs, but also on product quality, service quality and the quali-ty of business operations. Efficiency, management and adherence to schedule are additional criteria. Purchasing department input is taken into consideration for these areas.

Our production control is driven by the flexible Kanban system. This enables us to reduce inventory, optimising it to the end product level.

With this disposition approach, we depend on flexibility and a high level of supplier cooperation.

Compensating for poor-quality parts can lead to interruptions in production, given the low inventory, so the key requirements for any functioning Kanban system is high-quality primary products in conjuncti-on with a pronounced quality assurance system.

A cooperative supplier relationship built on honest and courteous communication forms the basis for a trusting, long-term and fair collaboration.