POSCO A&C operates a variety of partnership programs to take off toward a bright future together with all stakeholders
including partners and customers. It intends to grow together with partners based on ethical management philosophy.
Technological Process
We strive to improve the technological process of our partners including joint technology development, private-public
common technology development, joint patent application, technology license grant, and technology escrow to secure
the global competitiveness of the supply chain by improving technological competitiveness of the supply chain with our partners.
Financial Support
We operate a special fund for partnership, a prize guarantee program, the POSCO Family network loan,
and the early payment of traditional holiday funds to solve fund shortage and promote the flow among partners.
Purchase Cooperation
Based on relationships of trust with our partners, we operate a benefit sharing system and a small and medium
business-customized consulting program.
Education/Training
We endeavor to nurture partners' talents including cyber education/training support through small and medium
business occupational training consortium (specialized area curricula such as management/leadership, machinery,
electricity, and metal), BIM e-learning sponsorship, and safety training assistance.
As part of measures to overcome the recent bipolarization between large corporations and small and medium businesses (SMBs),
strict enforcement of the Subcontracting Act is necessary to establish transparent, fair subcontracting trading order.
As a more fundamental solution, however, autonomous and fair trading practices are required between the parties concerned.
Therefore, we enacted four guidelines to lay the fair trading practice foundation in trading between large corporations and SMBs,
and use of these guidelines is recommended.
We adopt and comply with the guideline for desirable contracting between large corporations and SMBs to
conduct fair trade from the contracting to the performance stage.
We adopt and comply with the guideline for selecting (registering) and operating partners for the selection and
operation of fair and objective partners.
We adopt and comply with the guideline for setting up and operating partners for the selection and
operation of fair and objective partners.
We adopt and operate the guideline for desirable document issuance and preservation to establish the document
issuance and preservation practice in the subcontracting.