Initiate a structured meeting with the vendor to discuss the root causes of the delays. Establish a clear, realistic timeline and set KPIs to monitor their performance. Communicate that adherence to deadlines is essential and outline potential consequences for repeated failures, such as penalties or re-evaluating the partnership. Maintain transparency and continuous follow-up to ensure improvements

Have Open Communication with the vendor to understand the reasons for delays and identify the root causes. Establish contingency plans. Analyze the process from order development to delivery to identify the planning inefficiencies. Collaborate on Capacity Planning: Work closely with the vendor to balance order intake and operational capacity. Assess the vendor's production and delivery planning. Support the vendor in using advanced capacity planning tools or software. Evaluate Vendor's Skills: Assess their skills to meet the quality requirements. Identify if machinery and tools need to be upgraded. Build Trust by Sharing constructive feedback and acting as a partner to improve processes. Recognize improvements and address weaknesses.

For smooth operations,one should have the vendor matrix based on past performance and market ear.The second point is to have clear PO with penalty clause and third is follow up with seeing is believing attitude by your team.However, with all above,you still need to do the TNA meeting with your sourcing team as it helps them to work out out of box solutions,in case of vendor delay.

Its not a one time process, needs complete involvement since very first day. Partnering with reliable vendor's, plan ahead, communicate daily, team visits, status updates, weekly trf, quality and quantity checks. These are some of the most important ingredients required in the making of a good product with a timely delivery.

If our vendor keeps having delay, I handle the situation with below approaches: -find out the reason of delay if it is caused by customer or vendor -securing to have clear and transparent communication with the vendor about reason of delays and action plans to solve them -reminding to vendor about customer’s agreement about when delay is caused -keep on eye to track on time delivery performance among to whole vendors and if it is not solved , then we need to evaluate the vendor’s capacity for new seasons to take more serious actions

Always Keep Buffer stock in your and supplier warehouse. In case of big orders and high penetration items keep minimum 2 suppliers.

To handle a vendor missing delivery deadlines, communicate directly to understand the reasons for delays and set clear expectations. Establish stricter timelines, penalties for future delays, and offer support if needed. Consider finding alternative suppliers if the issue persists to ensure business continuity.

Uma reflexão importante sobre gestão de fornecedores: não basta apenas cobrar prazos, é preciso construir uma parceria estratégica. O diálogo transparente e a compreensão mútua dos desafios operacionais podem transformar um relacionamento problemático em uma colaboração produtiva. Afinal, quando entendemos que o sucesso do fornecedor impacta diretamente nosso negócio, mudamos a forma de abordar os problemas.

There may be some or all of the below reasons :- 1- LACK of TRACKING / FOLLOW UP - F follow up closely and why not save everybody's time using technology - tab reminders , plan ahead , analyse all the upcoming deadlines yourself first. 2- INADEQUATE TEAMSIZE-Most misses are bcs teams juggle more than they can , review deadlines vs resources available. 3- FREQUENT TEAM CHANGES- More new joinees - longer the road ! 4- MISUNDERSTANDING REPERCUSSIONS- The better they know what their action will facilitate or spoil - the better they will be able to prioritise ! 5- UNREALISTIC DEADLINES- Unnecessary buffers create panic across the chain , taking away the motivation and charge of the teams as they will be forced to believe it's ok .