https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-07/avient-human-rights-position-statement-updated-july-2021 %286%29.pdf
Leaders at our global facilities are in contact with local community leadership such as police and
fire, labor safety organizations, local affiliates of global environmental regulatory agencies, local officials
and/or trade unions and works councils.
OUR SUPPLIERS AND PARTNERS
Avient is also committed to ensuring our suppliers, agents, and distributors uphold the same standards.
Our Supplier Code of Conduct can be
found at:
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-10/supplier-code-of-conduct.pdf
Our Supplier Code of Conduct drives interactions with our suppliers and our expectations for doing
business, and generally aligns with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/Investor%2520Day%2520-%2520May%25202012%2520-%2520Operational%2520Excellence.pdf
Kedrowski
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Operational Excellence
• Operational Excellence is a never-ending quest
for improvement in response to the voice of our
customers and shareholders
• It is all about strengthening our capabilities to
deliver value flawlessly to our customers deliver value flawlessly to our customers
• It challenges us to enhance our
productivity, profitability, and efficiency
in all phases of our business, from
safety to quality to waste elimination
to environmental stewardship
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Lean Six Sigma Initiative
• In 2009, Lean Six Sigma was launched to
improve execution skills across all
businesses, functions, and global regions
• A company-wide diagnostic was
conducted, resulting in identification of six conducted, resulting in identification of six
strategic improvement platforms
• Financial targets were estimated,
resources identified and trained
results delivered
,
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PolyOne OSHA Recordable Incidence Rate
4
5
6
5.1
Safety Performance
*Rubber And Plastics Manufacturing Industry (2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics).
0
1
2
3
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Industry
Average
1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.85 0.65
0.57
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• Exemplary on-time delivery
• Best-in-class working capital
% of sales
81%
87% 88%
95%
93%
92%
94%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
On-Time Delivery*
Lean Six Sigma Delivering Results
• Approximately $200M in
cash driven by working
capital improvements
16.2%
14.4%
18.9%
11.7%
9.6% 9.6%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
WC % of Sales
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
*As measured to customer request date
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40.0%
Percent of Associates
Trained in LSS
World’s Best Start-up
Program in 2009*
World’s Best Business Process
Excellence Program in 2012*
Award-Winning Lean Six Sigma Program
*Both awards received from International Quality and Productivity Center
16.5%
40.0%
2009 2011
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• Globally leverage strategic supplier
management best practices
• Implement world class demand
management processes
Critical Imperatives
• Improve operational reliability and efficiencies
• Optimize global freight management
Drive 50 – 100 basis points of gross margin expansion per year
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https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-08/CSP registration supplier guide.pdf
How to register to the Coupa Supplier
Portal (CSP)
Suppliers Guide
For first time Coupa users
Registration via email invitation
➢ If you are new to the CSP, you will receive an e-mail from our Coupa system with a
unique link to join the Coupa Supplier Portal
➢ Please remember- any supplier can register to the CSP, however, for transactions to
flow between Avient and yourself, we need to send an invitation.
➢ If you are cxml supplier that plans to also invoice through cxml, please also check the
box Advanced invoicing.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/composites-explained
A thermoplastic is not cross-linked, so it can be re-melted and re-formed, much like an ice cube that can melt and re-freeze.
https://www.avient.com/knowledge-base/article/composites-explained?rtype[]=1164
A thermoplastic is not cross-linked, so it can be re-melted and re-formed, much like an ice cube that can melt and re-freeze.
https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers
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