This process flowchart illustrates quality inspection in procurement to ensure quality control and compliance with standards in SAP Quality Management (QM) module.
- Goods Receipt and Storage 🏢: Goods received are posted to the store.
- Quality Control Activation 🔍: Determine if quality control is activated. If YES, proceed to goods receipt at SLoc (Storage Location) for quality control.
- Auto Inspection Lot Offer 📋: Automatically offer an inspection lot based on an inspection plan.
- Sample Lab Inspection 🧪: Conduct sample lab inspection as part of the quality control process.
- Result Recording 📝: Quality technician records the inspection results.
- Usage Decision 🎯: Quality engineer makes a usage decision based on the inspection results. Options include accepting the material and posting it to unrestricted stock, rejecting and posting to blocked stock, or triggering a return to the supplier.
- Stock Posting 📦:
- If the material passes, it is posted to unrestricted stock.
- If the material is rejected, it is posted to blocked stock.
- Defect Recording 🚫: For rejected results, defects are automatically recorded.
- Return to Vendor or Scrap 🔄: For materials in blocked stock, decide whether to return them to the vendor or scrap them.
- Supplier Evaluation 📊: Update vendor evaluation based on the quality score defined in the usage decision.
- Quality Inspection Completion ✅: Once all quality checks and decisions are made, the quality inspection process is completed.
Additional Notes
- Dynamic Modification Rule 🔄: Quality inspections can be adjusted (tightened, reduced, or skipped) based on previous inspection results.
- Purchase Order Restrictions 🛑: Creation of purchase orders can be blocked or the purchased quantity limited due to quality reasons.
- Quality Certificates in Procurement 📄: Ensure suppliers provide required quality documents.
This streamlined process flow ensures that only materials meeting quality standards are accepted and that suppliers are evaluated based on their compliance with quality requirements.
