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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Nachauftragnehmer

English translation:

subcontractor

Added to glossary by Niamh Mahony
Mar 23, 2004 15:09
22 yrs ago
German term

Nachauftragnehmer

German to English Bus/Financial Engineering: Industrial quality management
Die Qualität unserer Produkte hängt in hohem Maße von der Qualität unserer Lieferanten und Nachauftragnehmer ab. Deshalb fordern wir von ihnen höchste Qualität und unterstützen sie beim Erreichen der Qualitätsziele.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 subcontractor
4 Subsuppliers

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subcontractor

supplier and subcontractors
Peer comment(s):

agree KirstyMacC (X)
12 mins
Should be suppliers and subcontractors
agree Ingo Dierkschnieder
16 mins
agree Steffen Walter : That's it, provided they also use "Auftragnehmer", which would be "contractors". Otherwise, the "nach" might be redundant, and they're just contractors.
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Subsuppliers

This term is more common in Quality Management literature, e.g. "Subsupplier Quality System", "Subsupplier Audit", etc.

"Subcontractor" emphasizes the contractual relationship.

There is an interesting note on terminology in the link. See Sec. 1 General Terms, 1.10 and 1.13.
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