Essentials of Supplier Quality Management Malaysia November 18, 2007

Essentials of Supplier Quality Management

As the business climate and competitive marketplace shift over time, Supplier Quality Management (SQM) has emerged as one of the leading business practices in the past few years. It represents an ever growing percentage of the cost structure and value propositions of corporations, non profits and governmental agencies.

According to a research done by MetricStream, most organizations do not track and measure the cost of poor supplier quality attributed to their suppliers. Such cost may add up to over 10% of the organization’s revenue. The research also shows that over 50% of the companies do not follow the best practices in audit, while engaging with their suppliers.

In order to minimize the cost of poor suppliers quality and to ensure suppliers running at their peak performances, ongoing effort, resources and strategic plans are required.

During this 2-Day highly practical and interactive workshop, you will have the great opportunity to discuss, share and learn the best practices to achieve profit by implementing SQM and maximizing its effectiveness.
Benefits

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

* Upgrading products and services by improving your supplier’s product and delivery quality
* Building and developing a strategic supplier-customer partnership programs for a long term win-win situation.
* Enhancing the supply chain management through better monitoring of supplier's quality and delivery
* Developing a comprehensive Supplier Rating System
* Performing supplier audit more effectively
* Creating a systematic incoming quality inspection
* Shifting the mindset from detection-based to prevention-based

Who Should Attend

Managers and Executives from:

* Quality Department
* Quality Assurance Department
* Supplier Quality Department
* Supplier Management Department
* Supplier Development Department
* Purchasing Department
* Procurement Department
* Sourcing Department
* Manufacturing Department

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