Purpose

You can use the Quality Management Information System at a variety of levels in the decision-making process as an instrument for monitoring, controlling and planning your business operations.

Implementation Considerations

It is a flexible tool for collecting, aggregating and analyzing data from Quality Management. The information system allows you to view all information in the operative application from a wide range of perspectives. You can also define the level of detail in which you wish to see the information.

The QM Information System helps you to monitor the way in which quality aims are achieved and to react to any deviations in time. Data from the QM inspection and from QM notifications is aggregated in the information system to make informative key figures.

Integration

The data is evaluated either by means of standard analyses or flexible analyses. Flexible planning, the Early Warning System and the Logistics Information Library are integrated in the QM Information System.

Tools are available in Customizing, which allow you to apply a self-defined structure to your information system and tailor it to meet your own specific requirements.

The QM Information System is part of the Logistics Information System (LIS). All information systems in LIS make use of the same techniques for analyzing data and they all have the same user interface.

Use of the Quality Management component is a prerequisite for the Quality Management Information System component. It is also possible, however, to include external data (e.g. from non-SAP systems).

If you select the Quality Management Information System component while you are in the Quality Management application itself, then you do not need to select the Logistics Information System component at Logistics General level.