The Nord Gas Solutions Supplier Handbook: Operational Standards and Expectations
Operational Standards and Expectations provide a general overview of what Nord Gas Solutions expects from its suppliers in terms of developing an understanding of the related interactions and interfaces.
The Supplier Handbook addresses the following domains:
General Information
- Sustainability
- Supplier assessment and selection
- Definitions and guidelines
Quality Assurance Related Information
- PQAP (Part Quality Assurance Plan)
- Material traceability
- Securing manufacturing processes
Supplier Performance Processes
- Change management
- Non-conformance management (NCR/CAPA)
- Supplier performance evaluation
Operational Way of Working
- Purchasing processes
- Logistics
- Invoicing
- Continuous improvement
- Supplier collaboration
The Supplier Handbook is mandatory reading for all prospective suppliers, newly engaged suppliers, and existing suppliers. The Handbook provides a detailed roadmap for aligning supplier operations with Nord Gas Solutions' quality, compliance, and operational standards, enabling suppliers to build enduring, high-performing partnerships with Nord Gas Solutions.
The Nord Gas Solutions Supplier Handbook: Operational Standards and Expectations will be made available for download. In the meantime, please reach out to your NGS representative for a copy.
Safety Handbook: Site-Specific and Operational Safety Requirements
The Nord Gas Solutions Safety Handbook: Site-Specific and Operational Safety Requirements offers assistance and guidance for performing work safely at Nord Gas Solutions project sites, in factories or workshops, or in the offices. This Handbook provides a quick guide and summary of the minimum basic safety practices to be applied worldwide by Nord Gas Solutions personnel, without overriding any local additional rules and regulations. Local regulation should always apply in addition to these corporate guidelines.
For a copy of the Nord Gas Solutions Nord Gas Solutions Safety Handbook: Site-Specific and Operational Safety Requirements, please reach out to your NGS representative.
Information Security, Cyber Security and Data Protection
Nord Gas Solutions recognises that cyber security is a shared responsibility across our supply chain. Our cyber security guidance shares the behaviours which Nord Gas Solutions recognises as best practices. In the guidance you can find guidelines which support a common and shared responsibility in ensuring the cyber security of the ecosystem for both Nord Gas Solutions and our partners.
For further information on cyber security requirements and best practices, please reach out to your NGS representative.
Life-Saving Rules
Nord Gas Solutions has established Ten Life-Saving Rules based on systematic identification of critical risk factors and root causes of fatal and serious incidents across the oil and gas industry. These rules represent absolute and non-negotiable risk controls that must be observed without exception by all personnel including Nord Gas Solutions employees, contractors, suppliers, and visitors at Nord Gas Solutions facilities and operations. Each rule addresses a specific high-consequence risk scenario. Failure to observe a Life-Saving Rule is considered gross misconduct and may result in immediate removal from Nord Gas Solutions facilities, contract termination, or escalation to legal authorities.
For a copy of the Nord Gas Solutions life-saving rules, please reach out to your NGS representative.