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  • Feasibility Studies

Feasibility studies: avoid supplier risks before award and launch

Ensure suppliers can manufacture and deliver before nomination and launch.
Run structured feasibility studies with suppliers across technical, quality, and logistics requirements. Assess readiness, collaborate on actions, and connect results directly to sourcing and project workflows.

What are feasibility studies in supplier sourcing?

Feasibility studies in supplier sourcing are structured technical assessments used to verify whether a supplier can manufacture and deliver a part under defined conditions. They combine supplier input, technical review, and risk evaluation to support sourcing decisions and ensure readiness before award and production.

Feasibility studies: the challenge

A supplier quote is not proof that the supplier can build and deliver the part reliably.

In many organisations, feasibility studies are still managed through spreadsheets and email. Supplier responses are fragmented, actions are difficult to track, and results are not clearly linked to sourcing or project workflows. This makes it harder to assess readiness early and increases the risk of quality or launch issues later.

Limited visibility into real supplier capabilities

Supplier quotes are treated as readiness proof without validating manufacturability, quality, or logistics feasibility.

Fragmented feasibility processes and data handling

Spreadsheets and email exchanges lead to disconnected responses and manual consolidation.

Lack of structured collaboration between teams

Customer and supplier teams do not work in a shared environment with clear roles, actions, and deadlines.

Feasibility results not integrated into sourcing and projects

Outcomes are stored separately and do not directly influence supplier decisions or downstream execution.

The Solution

Transform feasibility studies into a structured supplier readiness workflow

SupplyOn enables manufacturers to manage feasibility studies as a connected process instead of a document exchange. Teams can collect supplier input, collaborate on technical reviews, track actions, and transfer results directly into sourcing and project workflows, connecting sourcing, quality, and project management in one feasibility process.

This creates a clear, traceable view of supplier readiness before nomination and launch.

Feasibility studies for different technical review scenarios

SupplyOn supports different types of technical reviews depending on the part and sourcing situation. This allows teams to focus on the relevant feasibility dimensions instead of using one generic template.

Key Features
  • Support for mechanical, electronic, logistics, and risk-based reviews
  • Configurable questionnaires tailored to part requirements
  • Flexible structure for different feasibility scenarios
Impact
  • Better alignment between review scope and supplier challenges
  • More relevant input for technical decision-making
  • Earlier detection of manufacturability and logistics risks
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Collaborative questionnaires and controlled supplier responses

SupplyOn turns feasibility studies into a shared collaboration workflow. Suppliers and internal teams work on the same review object with structured responses, attachments, and actions.

Key Features
  • Configurable questionnaires with structured responses
  • Integrated attachments, comments, and action tracking
  • Clear status handling for supplier responses and reviews
Impact
  • Reduced manual consolidation of supplier feedback
  • Higher data quality and response completeness
  • Faster resolution of technical questions

Integrated decision flow from sourcing to project execution

SupplyOn connects feasibility studies directly to sourcing and project management. Results become part of the supplier decision and downstream execution process.

Key Features
  • Direct initiation of reviews from sourcing
  • Visibility of feasibility status within sourcing workflows
  • Integration with project management and apqp processes
Impact
  • Better supplier selection decisions
  • Smoother transition into project and launch phases
  • Reduced duplication across sourcing and execution
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Improve supplier readiness and reduce risk before award and launch

The feasibility-study materials provide unusually specific value proof. The strongest gains come from replacing email-based review handling with a standardized supplier collaboration process that improves speed, data quality, and decision readiness.

Up to 50% time savings

Compared to email-based feasibility study handling.

40% improvement in data quality

Through structured supplier input and controlled workflows.

Average of 4 hours saved per technical review

By reducing manual consolidation and follow-up effort.

Stronger decision readiness before award and sop

With full visibility into feasibility status, risks, and supplier responses.

Less spreadsheet chasing. Better technical clarity. Stronger supplier readiness before nomination and launch.

Frequently Asked Questions

Feasibility Studies in SupplyOn are structured technical reviews used to assess whether a supplier can manufacture and deliver a requested part under the required conditions. They help manufacturers validate supplier readiness before award, during sourcing, and ahead of APQP and SOP.

A feasibility study is a part- or project-specific readiness assessment focused on whether the supplier can produce and deliver the requested material or component. An audit is broader and is often used to assess management systems, manufacturing processes, or supplier capability at a more general or formal compliance level.

SupplyOn supports mechanical technical review, electronic technical review, SCM logistics technical review, and risk-based technical review. This allows the scope of the study to reflect the technical and operational realities of the part and supplier situation.

Feasibility studies are especially valuable before supplier award, after shortlisting, during technical supplier evaluation, and before project handover into APQP or SOP-related execution. The earlier critical risks are surfaced, the easier they are to mitigate.

Instead of sending spreadsheets back and forth, SupplyOn provides a shared online object with structured questionnaires, attachments, actions, comments, due dates, team roles, and explicit review status. That reduces administrative effort and creates a more traceable and reliable process.

A feasibility study can include technical manufacturability questions, electronic requirements, logistics requirements, milestones, volumes, attachments, comments, actions, and supplier-specific clarifications depending on the configured review template.

Strengthen your supplier readiness before sourcing decisions

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