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Features and Benefits of SAP QM |
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Features and Benefits of SAP QM
Features and Benefits of SAP QM
The QM application component fulfills the following tasks: Materials Management * Manages quality information for materials, vendors and manufacturers * Releases vendors and manufacturers; Monitors their QM systems * Manages the release status of delivery relationships, for example model or series deliveries * Evaluates vendors on the basis of quality using quality scores from audits, goods receipt inspections, and problem notifications * Dispatches quality documents (quality agreements, technical delivery terms) when requests for quotations and purchase orders are received * Requests quality certificates and monitors their receipt * Triggers source inspections to be carried out at the vendor’s premises before the vendor is due to make a delivery * Triggers inspections for goods movements, for example, goods receipt * Blocks payments until inspection lots are accepted * Manages the inventory of goods during the inspection and takes the goods being inspected into account for materials planning purposes * Transfers inspection results to batch characteristic values * Carries out batch determination using characteristic values from quality inspections * Monitors the shelf-life of batches and the deadline for recurring inspections * Manages problems using quality notifications and processes complaints against the vendor Production * Integrates inspection planning and work scheduling * Handles inspection characteristics and setup characteristics for operations * Manages quality inspections for manufacturing orders * Handles in-process inspections during production at freely defined inspection points * Triggers final inspection upon goods receipt from production * Manages partial lots of a material during production that differ in quality and assigns partial lots to batches * Confirms quality and quantity information for manufacturing orders * Monitors production quality with the help of control charts and determines process capability scores * Manages problems in production using quality notifications and by processing corrective tasks Sales & Distribution * Manages customer-related quality information * Triggers an inspection at shipping when the delivery is created * Creates quality certificates with the delivery * Manages problems in sales & distribution with the help of quality notifications and by processing customer complaints Controlling * Settles appraisal and nonconformity costs |