Study On Improvement Of Supplier Quality Control In JC Company

Under the circumstances of global economic integration, competition among enterprises has turned into one between organizations and groups, and quality is assured and achieved not with the work of an enterprise alone but with the efforts of various members in the same industrial chain. As the level of specialization of enterprise production is being enhanced continuously, the production co-operation between enterprises become increasingly widespread, the number of outsourced spare parts and raw materials is being increased more and more. According to statistics, outsourced spare parts and raw materials generally account for30%to70%of the total quantity needed in modern industrial enterprises, therefore, the focus of product quality control for enterprises in which outsourced supply of parts and raw materials are in a high proportion should shift from enterprises themselves to the their suppliers, i.e. quality of products from outside suppliers has become an important part of quality control for enterprises.In JC company, thousands of parts are assembled in a single engine, of which purchased parts account for75%. Supplier product quality not coming up to company standards will result in relatively high quality cost for suppliers themselves; if JC company has adopted unqualified parts and components, quality of its finished products will be greatly reduced resulting in difficulties in product sales and adverse effects on the market. Quality problems have occurred frequently to the outsourced parts in JC company, which has seriously threatened the survival and development of the company.In this paper, by performing analysis to a variety of quality status of supplier products, main causes to affect supplier product quality are identified, key points for quality control in supplier’s company are given and a few strategies and measures for quality control are set forth including measures concerning supplier selection, supplier inspection and auditing, information exchange, supplier evaluation and other aspects. Finally, the implementation effects of these quality control improvement measures are examined and validated with indices like percent of pass in one check, loss due to quality and degree of customer’s satisfaction for purchased products.