As a technological leader, Knorr-Bremse places great emphasis on maintaining a reliable and sustainable supply chain as well as establishing strong relationships with suppliers. Our procurement processes are designed to secure high-quality materials and components at competitive prices, while encouraging close collaboration across the supply chain. This approach ensures that we consistently meet our product standards and exceed customer expectations by developing efficient and sustainable solutions.
This website provides essential information for establishing mutually beneficial and cooperative partnerships within our global organization. Here you will also find the latest requirements and guidelines, which are essential for a successful and lasting cooperation, enabling us to collectively address the challenges of a dynamic market and improve supplier performances in key areas, such as product quality, delivery reliability and sustainability.
Enabling strong cooperations to optimize the future cost structure of products as well as focusing on the right allocation of 3rd parties to supplier in order to optimize the requirements of material costs, logistic costs and quality implications are major objectives of our department. Additionally, maintaining clear and consistent communication with our suppliers on day-to-day business, current performances, and developments – such as project updates, forecasts, backlog and production status – is crucial to achieve these above-mentioned goals.
Our terms and conditions of purchasing and ordering.
The legal relations between our suppliers and Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems are governed by the General Terms and Conditions of Purchasing and Ordering of the respective country and any other written agreements. Here you can download the General Terms and Conditions of Purchasing and Ordering valid for Germany. For the terms and conditions of other countries, please contact the respective national company.
You will find an overview of our locations and their contact details on the Knorr-Bremse Group website.
Terms and Conditions of Purchasing and Ordering
General Terms and Conditions of Purchasing and Ordering Rail Vehicle Systems
Our quality guidelines.
As a technological leader for braking systems in the rail and commercial vehicle sector, Knorr-Bremse is continuously working to expand its own areas of expertise and, as a global systems supplier, to be a strong partner in the development of modern braking and on-board systems. This can only be achieved through close cooperation with our suppliers.
Knorr-Bremse’s quality guidelines for procurement are the prerequisite for a close partnership aimed at continuously improving the entire procurement process, quality and productivity.
Quality Guidelines
Quality Management Directive for Purchasing Rail Vehicle Systems
Prohibited substances and substances to be avoided ("black and grey list") Rail Vehicle Systems
Supplier Code of Conduct
Conflict Minerals Policy
Our requirements. Product groups that we procure.
Purchasing at Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems is organized according to product groups and managed centrally for all our sites and products. Central product group management forms the basis for demand-oriented procurement. Purchasing volumes vary across different company units.
Below you can find an overview of our product groups:
