AssurX solution delivers centralized supplier quality management
By Manufacturing Business Technology Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 10/16/2008 10:28:00 AM
AssurX reports its Enterprise Supplier Quality Management (SQM) solution is 100-percent Web-based to provide best practices process for companies managing and tracking suppliers and contract manufacturers globally.
Available as either an OnPremise or OnDemand (SaaS), AssurX SQM enables total transparency and visibility into the supply chain by enabling the capture, analysis, and assessment of quality-related issues and providing traceability and monitoring in real time across the supplier network.
The AssurX SQM allows companies to:
• Track supplier metrics;
• Immediately report on shortages, late shipments, and defective parts;
• Track in-line and receiving issues;
• Manage supplier corrective actions;
• Rate and rank suppliers with scorecards;
• Collaborate with suppliers to solve problems faster; and
• Control costs and make better product the first time around.
A comprehensive solution, the AssurX SQM system offers performance management dashboards that, unlike other systems that rely on third-party tools to generate reports and metrics, come with built-in metrics and ad-hoc query functionality that allows for real-time trending and analysis.
Approved lists and supplier score cards allow managing the supplier base with specific information related to each supplier and monitor their performance with scorecards. The solution delivers real-time visibility to incoming material, parts, subassemblies, or raw material with inspections at the source.
AssurX SQM is validated and comes with IQ/OQ validation templates.
