Supplier Approval Form
Below is a completed generic supplier approval form which can be printed out here.

Name & Address Of Supplier
Name: R E Thompson & Company (Vacuum) Ltd
Address: Evingar Road, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7EU
Contact Name: Matthew Shaw
Position: Business Development Manager
Telephone: 01256 893325
Fax: 01256 893623
Web Site: www.rethompson.co.uk
Established: 1964

Products & Services Offered
The design, manufacture and assembly of precision components, principally for aerospace, defence and optical use; methodologies include design with solid modeling, electronic data transfer to and from customers, programming and verifying on 3D manufacturing suite with components made on modern CNC twin pallet horizontal mills, mill/turn and CNC lathes with quality control using CAD CMM with full data transfer of solid model data for inspection. Key Points below:

• Design & Development
• Manufacture (build to print)
• High Volume Production
• Low Volume Production
• Mechanical Assembly

CAD Formats

• PRO/Engineer
• STEP
• IGES (non-preferred option)

Quality
Quality Manager: Kevin Anderson
Reporting To: Michael Thompson (managing director)
Quality Approval: BS EN ISO 9001:2000
Authorising Body: British Standards Institute
Registration Number: FM51717

Quality Procedures

• Design
• Internal Audit
• Contract Review
• Document Control
• Purchasing
• Vendor Control
• Process Control
• Goods-Inward Control
• Inspection & Test
• Control Of Non-Conforming Products
• Corrective Action
• Stores
• Handling, Package & Despatch
• Quality Records
• Statistical Techniques
• Training
• Customer Returned Products
• Quality Plans
• Servicing

Staff Numbers
2007 - 37

Finance (turnover)
2006 - £3.4m

Access To Company
Access to R E Thompson premises is allowed prior to contract negotiation for quality inspection.