Supplier Management Key elements & Guidance

A Supplier Management Program should have below elements : Definition of the product’s quality requirements Evaluation of alternative suppliers Selection of the most appropriate suppliers Conduct joint quality planning Co-operation during relationship period Validation of conformance to requirements Certification of qualified suppliers Conduct quality improvement plans Creation and use of supplier rating Guidance for Supplier Read more about Supplier Management Key elements & Guidance[…]

Best practices in supplier Quality

Best Practice #1: Push Quality Upstream• Deploy a web-based system and make it available to outsourcedmanufacturers• They collect quality data and enter real-time into the quality system• Quality data is instantly available to OEM quality engineers• Process metrics are calculated by the system and pushed to qualityengineers every few hours• Benefit: Engineers spend more time Read more about Best practices in supplier Quality[…]