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Productivity is result of competitive processes and it is a major factor for nation’s and industry growth. For Brazilian automotive industry it is tied, among other factors, to permanent value stream analysis and reevaluation. Especially on emerging economies, companies needs to review its strategies taking into consideration the market dynamics, current market position and future vision. Based on the manufacturing configuration, it is necessary to review current activities and process, checking in details which manufacturing operations add value to the organization, from technical, financial and strategic perspective. The decision to Make or to Buy, is a process for choosing to maintain the processes and operations in house or to outsource them. This is a key factor for industries, and is recommended the adoption of a methodology to assist the evaluation process.

Due to financial global crisis started in 2008 and intensified in the past years in Brazil, the maintenance of a good company’s financial situation is a big challenge and it is more relevant in actual moment. Because of expected turbulent scenario for the next years, it is necessary to adopt strategies to mitigate risks that involve Supply Chain impacting industrial production. In this way, it is crucial adopt strategies and actions that assist to evaluate the performance of suppliers and its associate potential financial risk, what can be considered a companies’ success differential factor during crisis period as well. In this scenario, MWM Motores Diesel adopts an internal process of monitoring the risk of suppliers based on internally developed tools and others available at market. This article aims to assist other companies of automotive sector to monitor their supplier base, identify imminent risk to Supply Chain and trace and run projects to reduce or eliminate these risks.