In many ways, supply chain management (SCM) systems close the loop on quality management processes. By including SCM integration in your quality management software stack, your company can tie product life-cycle management (PLM) systems together with manufacturing operations management (MOM) systems via enterprise quality management systems (QMS). Supplier quality issues can potentially derail a time-crunched production schedule, so harmonizing QMS with business management systems becomes crucial for efficient quality management.

Benefits of SCM integration

When you harmonize your QMS with your SCM systems, you can improve your organization’s upstream visibility. Also, your organization’s ability to respond proactively to supplier quality issues improves with QMS integration. The benefits of SCM-to-QMS integration stem from efficient data sharing and a single location where you can see supplier quality performance via real-time scorecards.

When you align your QMS to collect supplier data automatically, your company can calculate defect rates more efficiently as well as improve the percentage of complete and on-time shipments. Taken as a whole, SCM integration with QMS increases transparency.

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