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Role of Supplier Technical Engineer
Overview
Perhaps the most visible customer representative in the customer–supplier
relationship is the supplier technical engineer. Although different companies
use different names for this representative, their function is always the same.
That function is to help communicate the needs and wants of the customer
and to make sure that the supplier has the ability to fulll these needs and
wants in the form of requirements. In case the supplier falls short of these
expectations, it is the responsibility of the technical engineer to help the
supplier catch up in its deciencies. Fundamentally, the role of the ...