Home // Tier 1 Auto Supplier Saves with Supply Chain Expansion Material supply interruptions are among the biggest threats to a noted Midwestern Tier 1 automotive supplier. To protect against supply chain disruption, the supplier needed to find a second source for the polypropylene.

Avient’s Sustainable Sourcing Program focuses on embedding sustainable practices into our supply chain decisions. Avient’s business objective is to use conflict free materials and components in our products and expects our global supply chain partners to do the same. Avient holds this process as a standard with all suppliers, thus reducing third-party supply chain risk.

In its Supplier Code of Conduct, Avient prescribes that its suppliers should not use slavery or human trafficking in connection with any product supplied to Avient. Avient currently does not engage in verification of its supply chains to evaluate and address risks of human trafficking and slavery, nor does it currently conduct audits of its suppliers’ compliance with company standards for trafficking and slavery in supply chains. In its training programs for employees and managers with direct responsibility for supply chain management, Avient is planning to include the need to mitigate the risks of slavery and human trafficking within supply chains.

Supplier Due Diligence  ColorMatrix has a wide ranging supply chain that supports our European operations. In the Avient Supplier Code of Conduct, which is applicable to the suppliers of ColorMatrix, Avient prescribes that its suppliers should not use slavery or human trafficking in connection with any product supplied to Avient. Avient currently does not engage in verification of its supply chains to evaluate and address risks of human trafficking and slavery, nor does it currently conduct audits of its suppliers’ compliance with company standards for trafficking and slavery in supply chains.

How to minimize the risk of supply chain disruption for healthcare plastic colorants and functional additives Solutions generally include localizing the supply chain or finding alternative suppliers. Avient’s Mevopur™ portfolio and risk mitigation concept can help healthcare manufacturers on the journey to increased security of supply for plastics used in their products.

How to minimize the risk of supply chain disruption for healthcare plastic colorants and functional additives Solutions generally include localizing the supply chain or finding alternative suppliers. Avient’s Mevopur™ portfolio and risk mitigation concept can help healthcare manufacturers on the journey to increased security of supply for plastics used in their products.

How to minimize the risk of supply chain disruption for healthcare plastic colorants and functional additives Solutions generally include localizing the supply chain or finding alternative suppliers. Avient’s Mevopur™ portfolio and risk mitigation concept can help healthcare manufacturers on the journey to increased security of supply for plastics used in their products.

How to minimize the risk of supply chain disruption for healthcare plastic colorants and functional additives Solutions generally include localizing the supply chain or finding alternative suppliers. Avient’s Mevopur™ portfolio and risk mitigation concept can help healthcare manufacturers on the journey to increased security of supply for plastics used in their products.

How to minimize the risk of supply chain disruption for healthcare plastic colorants and functional additives Solutions generally include localizing the supply chain or finding alternative suppliers. Avient’s Mevopur™ portfolio and risk mitigation concept can help healthcare manufacturers on the journey to increased security of supply for plastics used in their products.

Supply chain security: The supply for PVC dispersion resin can be volatile and, when supply gets tight, smaller plastisol producers are often affected the most. Additionally, supply chain issues around pigments, stabilizers and additives that are taken out of production may leave you scrambling for formulation alternatives. Larger volumes can alleviate some of the supply chain concerns, so it helps to figure out where you fit in terms of buying power before making the decision to go in-house or outsource.