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Conditions of Purchase

Conditions of Purchase

How to search for the Applicable Documents

In the chapters below you may find documents applicable to any kind of supply contracts with ZF Group entities.


ZF has organized its Purchasing activities into Production and Non Production Material. Some contents on this page refer to this distinction as well.

  • Non Production Material Purchasing (also called Indirect Purchasing) is responsible for procurement of consumable goods, works and services. This includes spare parts, maintenance, travel, IT equipment and support services.

  • Production Material Purchasing (often called Direct Purchasing) is procuring all materials which finally find their way into ZF products sold to our customers. Among typical production assortment you can find: Casting, Rubber, Stamping parts. In the majority of the cases such products are based on a technical drawing and require PPAP.

General Terms and Conditions of Purchase

Production Material / Direct Purchasing

General Supplies

International
Deliveries to German Plants

Tooling Terms

Tooling T&Cs
For tooling used by suppliers funded by ZF.
ZF Tooling Terms and Conditions of Purchase (not applicable for Tools used in ZF facilities, for those, see section “Non Production Material” below)
Tool Invoicing Note to Suppliers of ZF Friedrichshafen AG on the Invoicing of Tools and Handling of VAT (PDF)
Non Production Material / Indirect Purchasing

New global conditions are going to be published soon


FYI: The following region-specific conditions can be found below in the Region- or Entity- or Plant-Specific Conditions section:

  • Asia Pacific
  • North America
  • South America

Commodity- or Division-Specific Conditions

(for some divisions or specific business only)

Production Material / Direct Purchasing

This section currently contains no content.
Non Production Material / Indirect Purchasing
Machinery Terms
Tool dataset
Software Terms
Technical Delivery Specifications
Division-specific regulations:
see Location-specific Regulations below in Region- or Entity- or Plant-Specific Conditions

Region- or Entity- or Plant-Specific Conditions

(no global general, global commodity- or global division-wide applicability)

Europe
Germany

Nürnberg/ZF Gusstechnologie GmbH
Germany

Technical Delivery Specifications, Location-specific
Germany

General Terms and Conditions for Services
Germany

Construction Work & Building Services – ZF Purchasing Conditions
Belgium

Antwerp/ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV
North America
Government Contracts
Non Production Material Terms
Asia Pacific
China

ZF (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and their subsidiaries
Tianjin

ZF Wind Power (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
Coimbatore

ZF Wind Power Coimbatore Private Limited
South America

Brazil

Production Material
Specific Logistic Conditions
Production Material
Protocolo Logístico ZF
Logistics Contact List Contatos Logísticos ZF
Packing Instructions
Production Material
Instruções de Embalagem SRC1, SRC2, SBC e ARA
ZF Provision of (Raw) Material to Suppliers
General Terms and Conditions
Protocolo Subcontratado
General Terms and Conditions of Purchasing
Production Material Aftermarket
Condições Gerais de Fornecimento de Aftermarket
Non-Production Material
General Terms and Conditions of Purchasing
Non-Production Material
Condições Gerais de Compras Indiretas

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We only show the most current documents here. Outdated Documents may still be accessible via Download Center.

  • “Outdated Documents”: Those documents, which are no longer valid for current (frame) contract conclusions and/or where more recent versions are available.


No luck with your search?

Alternatively, you can find all documents contained in the above chapters in the Download Center.

Specific further important content is available in the following specific sections of this website: QD83 (Quality), GLD (Logistics) and BPCoC (Compliance).

If, contrary to expectations, you are unable to find the documents applicable to your supply contracts with the ZF Group on the pages indicated, please do not hesitate to contact your main ZF Purchasing contact. He or she will be happy to provide you with the relevant documents.

Technical Delivery Specifications / Steel Mills & Smitheries

Technical Delivery Specifications for Machines and Machine Systems

Here you will find the technical delivery instructions.

Steel mills and smithies

Steel suppliers which are approved by ZF and access to the ZF heat data file.