How To Avert Your Next Supply Chain Quality Failure
As the supply chain is playing an increasingly prominent role in business vitality, manufacturers have been incorporating supplier rating systems that provide greater transparency into their quality records. While some organizations rely strictly upon supplier certificates of analysis (COA’s) or some internal supplier rating score to manage their suppliers, there is often a discrepancy with the actual findings at incoming inspection. While incoming inspections can usually detect problems before additional steps occur, they are time-consuming, costly, and performed after-the-fact.
A much more efficient way of managing supplier quality is to do so while the products are being manufactured on the supplier’s plant floor. Using collaborative technology to facilitate the communication and share data in real-time, manufacturers and their suppliers can work together to ensure that the products meet specifications prior to being purchased and delivered. Additionally, when working with multiple suppliers of the same product, manufacturers who have access to supplier quality data can evaluate the various vendors and can scientifically determine the highest quality suppliers.