In today's social media world, news of a negative product review on the web can be spread around the globe before your damage-control team gets their boots on; because of this, manufacturers are focused now more than ever on preventing quality issues from shipping to market.
The ability to proactively monitor errors and predict failures with enterprise-wide visibility is only possible with a holistic approach to quality. Unfortunately, precious few companies have aligned supply chain stakeholders, manufacturing processes and solution capabilities to achieve this deeply embedded 'best practices' level of standards.