Alliance Partner

·          Supplier relationship is critical to Amway’s long-term success (< 1% of supply base)

·          Integrated involvement in each parties’ activities

Global Preferred & Preferred (regional, local) Supplier

•          Supplier relationship is important to Amway’s success, and difficult to replace

•          Collaborative involvement in each parties’ activities

•          A ‘global preferred’ supplier can supply a majority of Amway’s global markets

Approved Supplier

•          Supplier relationship is considered ‘standard’

•          Activities are coordinated on a limited basis

Mandated Supplier

•          Sourcing decision is made by a Contract Customer, not Amway

•          Activities are coordinated on a limited basis

Probationary Supplier

•          Supplier is either new to Amway (probationary evaluation period), or supplier is performing sub-par (probationary period for improvement)

•          Supplier can provide existing items, but no new items without pre-approval

Recover Supplier

•          Supplier offering, performance and/or behavior is deemed a risk to Amway

•          Amway to commit significant resources to short-term performance improvement, risk mitigation, and/or supplier replacement activities