Quality Management in Procurement and Storage 

Purpose

This process describes how Quality Management (QM) is used in Purchasing and Inventory Management.

Prerequisites

This process does not require any data from other processes. The individual processes can be run separately. We recommend that you start with a simplified process.

If you want to continue with the acceptance inspection process after completing the QM in procurement process, you need to use materials QS8X ##, instead of materials QS6X ##.

Process Flow Variants

  1. Quality Management in Procurement and Inventory Management (Simplified)

    2. This process provides a simplified description of the integration of QM with Procurement and Inventory Management.

  2. Quality Management in Procurement and Inventory Management (Detailed)

    3. This process provides a detailed description of the integration of QM with Procurement and Inventory Management.

  3. Developing the Status of Supply Relationships

    4. This process describes the development of the status of a supply relationship.

  4. Quality Management in Manufacturer Processing

    5. This describes the special features of the role of QM in manufacturer processing.

  5. Quality Management of Handling Units.

    6. This process describes the creation of individually packaged partial quantities (Handling Units) when a delivery is received.

  6. Quality Management in Warehouse Management

This describes the transport and storage process for the inspection lot and sample in Warehouse Management (WM).