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5 Registration Procedures for Categories 1, 2 and 3

  • Category1

Products in this category are electric power materials and equipment for which Kyushu Electric Power designates the standards and specifications.

Category 1 Flowchart

Category 1 Flowchart
(Examples of products in Category1)
Insulated wires, concrete poles, pole transformers,
automatic gas switches, switch towers, transformer
pillars, supply meters, step voltage regulators,
distribution towers, transformers for distribution
substations, shunt reactors, gas circuit breakers,
disconnectors, power capacitors, and protective relays

Flowchart Explanation

  • If the product your company wishes to supply is classified as Category 1 product, you will be so informed. We shall provide you with the standards and specifications for that particular product upon your request.
  • If, after examining Kyushu Electric Power's standards and specifications, your company decides that it wishes to be registered as a prospective supplier of Category 1 product, then you are requested to fill out the "Application for Business Transactions" form and submit it to us along with the relevant documents for examination.
  • After confirming the demand for the product you wish to supply and the benefits of dealing with your company on the basis of the documents submitted, Kyushu Electric Power conducts a comprehensive evaluation of such financial factors as scope of your operations, business conditions, and financial status, as well as such technical factors as technological capability, production facilities, order processing systems, quality control systems, and after-sales services.
    Whenever necessary, Kyushu Electric Power shall ask for additional data, samples, and explanations.
  • If Kyushu Electric Power is satisfied with your company and products after examining the documents submitted, it shall conduct an evaluation of the product to check that it meets the standards and specifications designated by Kyushu Electric Power. In principle, Kyushu Electric Power shall request your company to conduct, at your own expense, a trial manufacture of the product according to our standards and specifications and a product test, the details of which are included in Kyushu Electric Power's "Standards and Specifications" manual.
  • Kyushu Electric Power employees shall conduct on-site examinations to examine your company's manufacturing processes, equipment, and quality control systems.
  • If your company and its product pass the evaluations, your company shall then be registered as a prospective supplier of that particular product. Kyushu Electric Power shall notify you of the results.

  • Category 2

Products in this category are electric power materials and equipment other than those classified as Category1 products.

Category 2 Flowchart

Category 2 Flowchart
Notes:
  1. Specifications are distributed if they are available
    for the product in question.
  2. These examinations are conducted when requested by
    Kyushu Electric Power's technical departments.
(Example of products in Category 2)
Boiler components, turbine components, diesel generator unit
components, hydroelectric components, water treatment
facilities, penstocks, plant control computers, facility
monitoring systems, load dispatching devices, tele-controllers,
steel towers, mobile radio apparatus, digital and analog data
transmission equipment, and digital switching systems

Flowchart Explanation

  • If the product your company wishes to supply is classified as Category 2 product, you will be so informed. We shall provide you with our specifications for that product if they are available.
  • If, your company wishes to be registered as a prospective supplier of a Category 2 product, then you are requested to fill out the "Application for Business Transactions" form and submit it to us along with the relevant documents for examination.
  • After confirming the demand for the product you wish to supply and the benefits of dealing with your company on the basis of the documents submitted, Kyushu Electric Power conducts a comprehensive evaluation of such financial factors as scope of your operations, business conditions, and financial status, as well as such technical factors as technological capability, production facilities, order processing systems, quality control systems, and after-sales services.

Whenever necessary, Kyushu Electric Power shall ask for additional data, samples, and explanations.

  • Whenever necessary, Kyushu Electric Power shall also conduct its own technical examination of the product at the expense of your company.
  • Kyushu Electric Power employees may conduct an on-site examination to examine your company's manufacturing processes, equipment and quality control systems.
  • If your company and its product pass the evaluations, your company shall then be registered as a prospective supplier of that particular product. Kyushu Electric Power shall notify you of the results.

  • Category 3

Products in this category are those other than the electric power materials and equipment used by Kyushu Electric Power.

Category 3 Flowchart

Category 3 Flowchart
Note: This examination is conducted whenever Kyushu Electric Power deems it necessary.

(Examples of products in Category 3)
Furniture, office supplies, office equipment, general-use
items, electrical appliances, and measuring instruments



Flowchart Explanation

  • If the product your company wishes to supply is classified as a Category 3 product, you will be so informed.
  • If, your company wishes to be registered as a prospective supplier of a Category 3 product, then you are requested to fill out the "Application for Business Transactions" form and submit it to us along with the relevant documents for examination.
  • After confirming the demand for the product you wish to supply and the benefits of dealing with your company on the basis of the documents submitted, Kyushu Electric Power conducts a comprehensive evaluation of such financial factors as scope of your operations, business conditions, and financial status, as well as such technical factors as technological capability, production facilities, order processing systems, quality control systems, and after-sales services.

Whenever necessary, Kyushu Electric Power shall ask for additional data and explanations.

  • Kyushu Electric Power may conduct a technical examination of the product if it deems it necessary.
  • If your company and its product pass the evaluations, your company shall then be registered as a prospective supplier of that particular product. Kyushu Electric Power shall notify you of the results.
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