
Quality Management in Procurement (1FM)
This scope item manages quality inspection in procurement: At goods receipt, a good is posted to quality inspection stock and an inspection lot is created based on an inspection plan. The quality technician records the inspection results. The quality engineer then makes a usage decision – for example, accepting or rejecting the material, posting the material to unrestricted stock or blocked stock, or triggering return to the supplier, with the option of posting as a consumed sample. For rejected results, a defect is automatically recorded. The supplier is rated on the quality score defined in the usage decision. With a dynamic modification rule, quality inspections can be tightened, reduced, or skipped based on previous inspection results. You can block the creation of purchase orders or limit the purchased quantity due to quality reasons. By leveraging quality certificates in procurement, you can ensure that suppliers provide the documents if required.
Key Process Steps Covered
- Purchase material from a supplier
- Review quality info record
- Review inspection plan, optionally with dynamic modification rule and sampling scheme; optionally with inspection method with documents attached
- Post goods receipt for purchase order
- Review material stock before inspection
- Display open inspection lots
- Record inspection results
- Make usage decision
- Review and analyze defects
- Review material stock after inspection
Benefits
- Integrate quality inspection activities in the purchasing process
- Use inspection plans for quality inspections with dynamic modification, sampling scheme, and material-supplier release
- Display open and completed receipts of quality certificates in procurement
- Record nonconformities at the right point in time to avoid cost-intensive reprocessing or unnecessary waste
Where is Quality Management in Procurement(1FM) being used?
This Scope item is used in the following way:
- As a core function of Quality Management within Manufacturing Scope Item Group
- As a core function of Inventory within Supply Chain Scope Item Group