ABC for building a quality mindset on suppliers
Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs) play a pivotal role in ensuring the overall quality of a product. A critical aspect of their job is fostering a quality-centric mindset among suppliers. This involves creating a shared vision of quality or a collective quality mindset, empowering suppliers to take ownership, and providing the necessary support and tools. Building[…]
The Kaizen Advantage: Empowering Supplier Quality Engineers for Continuous Improvement
In today’s competitive landscape, ensuring consistent supplier quality is paramount. Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs) play a critical role in this process, acting as a bridge between the buying organization and its suppliers. But maintaining and improving quality is an ongoing journey – a concept perfectly captured by the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen. Kaizen, meaning “continuous[…]
Conquering the VDA Audit: A Supplier Quality Engineer’s Guide
The automotive industry is a global machine, and for suppliers in the United States, understanding the quality standards set by international organizations like VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie – German Association of the Automotive Industry) is crucial. Acing a VDA audit, particularly the widely used VDA 6.3 standard (Quality Management Process and Product Audit), demonstrates your[…]
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