Developing the Status of Supply Relationships 

Purpose

This process deals with the status of a supply relationship. In this process, the supply relationship goes through the following statuses (depending on the results of the corresponding receiving inspections):

    1. Supply relationship created
    2. Prototype, specimen
    3. Pilot series
    4. Series

Prerequisites

This process does not require any data from other processes. It is a more detailed version of the "QM in Procurement and Inventory Management" process.

When you start this process, the supply relationship must not have gone beyond the Model status. To verify that it has not gone beyond model status, see the Supply Relationship documentation.

Process Flow

You can find the data for this process under .

  1. Status of the Supply Relationship

    2. You use the quality info record to determine whether the supply relationship has been created or whether a particular status has been reached.

    Supply Relationship

  2. Purchase order

    3. You send a purchase order to the vendor.

    Creating a Purchase Order

  3. Goods receipt

    4. You post the goods receipt for a partial delivery. The system generates an inspection lot with an inspection type that corresponds to the status of the supply relationship. The system then creates the sample appropriate to this inspection type.

    Posting the Goods Receipt

  4. Receiving inspection

    5. You inspect the sample from the inspection lot. No defects are found and you accept the inspection lot. You post the inspection lot quantity to unrestricted-use stock.

    Processing the Inspection lot

  5. Developing the Supply Relationship

Repeat steps 3 and 4 several times. Note how the status changes in step 1.