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Best Practices in Supplier Quality |
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Date: Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Time: 11:00am Pacific | 01:00pm Central | 02:00pm Eastern
Duration: 1 Hour
Businesses depend on suppliers to maintain their efficiencies. Even a minor breakdown in the supply chain, or a slight deviation from quality performance, can cost an organization valuable time and reduce profitability. In current global economy with suppliers spread around the world, it has become challenging and difficult for manufacturers to maintain product quality, on time shipments and control costs. Managing communications with supplier is often a manual, tedious and time-consuming process.
In this Webinar we will cover the challenges companies face in managing global suppliers and contract manufacturers, and take a look at how world class organizations are managing quality in their supplier network by using robust Supplier Quality Management systems.
In this webinar, the presenters will review best practices in Supplier Quality including:
- Rate and rank suppliers through the use of supplier scorecards
- Manage closed loop supplier corrective action request (SCAR) process
- Collaborate with suppliers to solve problems, manage change requests and notify suppliers of important updates
- Measure cost of poor quality metrics
- Perform incoming inspection and supplier-based inspection
- Manage supplier audits
- Provide supplier access to documentation, drawings and specifications
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Simon Jacobs -
Senior Research Analyst , AMR Research Prior to his role as senior research analyst, Simon worked as the program manager for AMR Research's manufacturing operations group. Simon earned his BA from the University of Vermont. Carl McCauley |
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