On Improving A Number Of Issues Still America's Supplier Quality Management

When competition becomes more and more intensive in the world, The competition exists no longer only between two enterprises, but more between their supply chains. As a key structure of the supply chain, the product quality of the supplier critically affects the key competency of the enterprise. Under this situation, how to set up the relationship between enterprise and its supplier, how to manage the product quality of the supplier becomes very urgent.Based on researching and understanding the existing theory of modern management of supply chain management, this article proposes that enterprise and its supplier should both target the increasing of comprehensive competency, and set up an equal partnership. Based on this kind of equal relationship, enterprise should position itself as a leader, actively and initiatively take the responsibility of managing the supplier. Based on researching and understanding the development and principle of quality management, this article also raised a concept of supplier total quality management. This concept requires enterprise give up the traditional supplier quality management mode, in other words, the simple systematic quality inspection during reception, but switch to a total quality management of supplier. Set up quality standards to manage the management of supplier staffs, equipments, materials, methods, environment, etc., which will affect the product quality. Then to realize these standards, and finalize a stable quality improving and assurance system by auditing, training, and information feedback, so that to reduce the inconsistency of the product quality of the supplier and also become cost effective.As an application case for the supplier total quality management concept, this article briefly introduced the supplier quality management system of Beautycos International Co., Limited. Also a supplier quality management information system was designed in order to provide a reference for other enterprises that would like to implement supplier total quality management.