Quality Management (QM) is an integral part of the supply chain and logistics functions and within the SAP system.

It is fully integrated with complementary components including:

• Materials Management (MM)
• Plant Maintenance (PM)
• Production Planning (PP)

Why your organization needs SAP Quality Management?

• Manage quality information for materials, vendors, manufacturers and customers.
• Monitor the QM systems of vendors and manufacturers.
• Plan a source inspection at the vendor’s premises and trigger this inspection before the delivery date.
• Plan inspections for goods receipt, stock transfers, for production orders, for predefined inspection points, in shipping when deliveries are created and plan recurring inspections.
• Plan inspection operations in work processes.
• A quality notification can be used to request action to be taken by the quality department.
• A quality notification can be used to request action to be taken by the quality department.
• Quality management is important to the warehouse, inspecting incoming material as it arrives at the facility and for manufacturing operations, where the quality of in-process items are checked during the manufacturing process and finished goods are inspected before they reach the warehouse.