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Overview

Supplier Management in QbDVision allows users to create and manage suppliers at the System level. The tool enables users to track and manage key information about suppliers, including audit dates and details, supplier qualifications, and any associated risks. Suppliers can be added individually or in bulk using the Import Data feature.

Key Concepts

Supplier Scope

Since suppliers are created at the system level, suppliers are available across all projects and all materials in the Material Library.

Supplier and Record Relationships

The Supplier field is available on the Process, Data, Material, and Process Component record types. This establishes a relationship between a Supplier and a Material or Process Component.

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Supplier field on a Material record

The Material/Part Qualified field on a Material or Process Component record is also linked to the Supplier record. A Supplier record must be Qualified for a Material or Process Component to be Qualified. Setting Qualified = Yes for a non-Qualified Supplier will result in the following:

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Setting Material/Part Qualified to Yes for a non-Qualified Supplier

Key Supplier Dates

QbDVision also tracks key supplier dates, such as an upcoming audit or a supplier's qualification expiration. Notifications for these key dates can be found in the Alerts section of the Home screen.

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Notification of an upcoming supplier audit

Approved Suppliers

Approved Suppliers in QbDVision refers to the status of the Supplier Record itself. So, the Approved Supplier List, a report, shows all the Supplier Records currently in the Approved state.

What’s important to note is that this designation may not match certain industry interpretations of Approved. For example, a Supplier Record with the state of Approved but the Qualification Status of 'Disqualified' will still appear in the Approved Supplier List with the correct Qualification Status of Disqualified.

Frequently Asked Questions

How should a supplier with multiple entity names (such as Acme Co, Acme LLC and Acme) be managed?

Managing suppliers with multiple entity names can be managed individually, such as Acme Co, Acme LL and Acme, or as a single supplier, Acme. Our recommendation would be to manage them to how you manage them from an operational perspective. If a supplier is managed as Acme, then create the single supplier Acme. If a supplier is managed as multiple entities, then create a supplier for each.