Overview of SAP Quality Management

The Quality Management component (QM) is part of the integrated SAP ERP System.  With the functions of the Quality Management (QM) module, you can implement the most important elements of a QM system, as specified in ISO 9000. 

You use the QM component functions for the following quality management work:

Quality planning

  • Basic data for Quality Management 
  • Inspection planning 
Quality assurance
  • Quality inspection 
  • Quality certificates 
Quality control 
  • Quality notifications 
  • QM information system 
In addition, it controls the creation of quality certificates and manages problems with the help of quality notifications.
 

Top level Overview of the SAP QM Module Process

1. Quality Management in Procurement and Storage 

This process shows how the SAP ERP Quality Management is used to guide the purchasing and Inventory Management activities. This consists fundamentally of releasing supply relationships, source and receiving inspections, managing stocks during quality checks, and quantity documents.

2. Acceptance Inspections

This process describes inspection lot processing. We highlight inspection planning, the determining of inspection samples, printing shop papers for the inspectors, and entering inspection results, which consist of characteristic values and error data. We also describe the settlement of inspection costs. 

3. Quality Notifications as Complaints Against the Vendor

In this process, you see how errors found during a quality inspection are analyzed and documented in a quality notification. The measures required to correct the problem include a complaint against the vendor and the processing of returns. 

4. Quality Control

Quality control includes vendor evaluation, quality analysis in the QM information system, and statistical process control using control charts.

SAP QM Tips

QM Material Setup
QM Workflow For Material Setup

SAP QM Books
SAP Quality Management Certification, Interview Questions and Configuration Reference Books

SAP QM Tips
SAP QM Tips and Quality Management

Main Index
SAP ERP Modules, Basis, ABAP and Other IMG Stuff

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