Top 5 Supplier Quality Challenges

Aug. 7, 2008

Not implementing performance-based scorecards is top challenge

What are the most serious supplier quality challenges facing the manufacturing industry? Sparta Systems, a provider of enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, posed that question to its customers, primarily in the agricultural, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries, and compiled a list of the top five concerns.

Reluctance to implement performance-based scorecards.
Inefficient, decentralized reporting.
Lack of senior-level involvement in supply quality management.
Constant battle between supply quality management and supply chain management.
Lack of risk-based analysis for supplier quality.

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During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. He also serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2010), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its second edition. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.