These little aids and compact information packages will make your job as supply partner easier:

Restructuring of Purchasing in the Automotive Technology business sector (637 KB)
Purchasing for direct material in the Automotive Technology business sector (UBK) is setting up a central corporate purchasing organization on 1st July 2011.This change aims to optimize the global supply chain performance and to increase the competitiveness of the Bosch group.The business sector’s purchasing organizations (excluding Chassis Systems Brakes and Automotive Aftermarket), which have operated separately for each division up to now, are being merged into one organizational unit, Automotive Purchasing.As GPMT participant, Automotive Purchasing will continue to contribute to the bundling on Bosch-level in order to ensure a coordinated material field and supplier strategy.

Request and quotation program (2,1 MB)
You are already a Bosch supply partner and have already received requests for quotations from us? You can process and answer such requests with this program. A comprehensive user guide is naturally included.

Terms of purchase
English and Chinese Version (294 KB)
Transparency with a capital "T" - this is the Bosch philosophy. You will find the contractual basis for our collaboration compressed onto two pages here.

Terms and conditions for the awarding of services and engineering contracts (80 KB)
This attachment to our Terms of purchase is an indispensable part of our agreements with you.

Quality Assurance Agreement general (101 KB)
Agreement on Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Protection and Social Responsibility for serial parts and trade goods.

Mandatory Agreement Quality Assurance Guideline for Suppliers QSL Industry/Operating Equipment /Services
(348 KB) (Version 09/2004)
(Quality Assurance Agreement)

Individual Agreements on the Quality Assurance Guideline for Suppliers QSL Industry/Operating Equipment /Services (21 KB) (Version 09/2004)
(Quality Assurance Agreement)

Supplier manual for Logistics (215 KB)
(Version 3.0 - May 2007)
Clear rules and agreements make life easier. Our supplier manual for Logistics will help to improve the supplier relations between you and Bosch.

Changes supplier manual for Logistics Version 3.0 compared to Version 2.1 (35 KB)

Supplier Manual Logistic - Supplemental from
Devision Car Multimedia CM (inclusive appendix) (1,3 MB)

Bosch IMDS Data entry guidline (262 KB)

Information for suppliers concerning import customs process - by truck (495 KB)
Description of the import process of the Bosch group in Germany. Information and instructions for supplier/sender to ensure a smooth importation.

Information for suppliers concerning import customs process - by air or sea (449 KB)
Description of the import process of the Bosch group in Germany. Information and instructions for supplier/sender to ensure a smooth importation.

Bosch standard N2580 on substances (1,1 MB)
Edition May 2011

N51 M * Delivery instructions for machinery (5,6 MB)

Prefered equipment list (6,5 MB)

MAE Target Specification - Bosch TPM Pillar 4 (187 KB)

Description for Determining Residual Contamination (118 KB)

Contractor companies (CC) N93 A20 (141 KB)
Occupational health and safety, fire and environmental protection.

Safety Information LITHIUM-IONS BATTERY PACK
(89 KB)
This attachment to our manual provides additional information on the correct handling of LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES. In particular you can find information on transport, storage and disposal, as well as references and provisions on how to handle damaged Lithium-Ion batteries.

Seminar brochure for Bosch suppliers (245 KB)
We are opening our seminar program which we have developed for our own employees to our preferred suppliers. This brochure will show you just how wide a range of topics is covered in the seminars. Andhere you will find out why you, as a preferred supplier, will benefit in particular from our offer.

Bosch Principles of Work Safety and Environmental Protection (42 KB)

EDI - Information Brochure (325 KB)
Brochure with general EDI information for all Bosch suppliers.