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Home / ERP Blog 07.16.16 / Continuous Improvement / ERP and Quality Management: What’s Your Best Strategy?
07.16.16

ERP and Quality Management: What’s Your Best Strategy?

Quality Control ApprovedWhen we team with our mid-market manufacturing clients, what often emerges as a critical need during the team’s ERP selection project is a robust quality management process.

It’s not unusual for companies to struggle with the quality audit process, especially in the area of reporting for various mandates such as automotive TS mandates, medical FDA, ERP and Quality Management and ISO standards.

We’ve addressed this topic before. A previous Ultra Consulting blog post looked at how six sigma and ERP can work together to improve quality by reducing variability and improving processes.

In many cases, companies rely on manual or paper-based methods for reject and scrap tracking and analysis, end-to-end part visibility and tracking, and other areas.

That’s why when implementing an ERP system, our team of independent ERP consultants advises companies to seek out systems that help automate compliance with stringent quality standards.

Industry-Specific Quality Challenges

We realize that every situation is unique. Not all users require the same level of quality software sophistication.

We also take into consideration the needs faced by manufacturing vertical industries such as medical device and automotive.

For instance, in the case of automotive, there are specific requirements related to Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and other areas.

Some Considerations about Quality

As we enter into an ERP selection project, we advise our clients to consider many issues during ERP comparison including:

  • Making an assessment of the current state of manual quality tracking processes – how long does it take to perform an audit, and how many manual steps are involved?
  • What specific steps need to happen to simplify audits, product traceability and improve accuracy of data?
  • What’s the compliance environment for the specific industry?  As an example, what record keeping is needed for an auto supplier to comply with AIAG QS-9000, Global Materials Management Operations Guideline Logistics Evaluation and ISO/TS 16949?
  • Can quality assurance and quality control integrate into the actual workflow rather than being a stand-alone function that is processed separately?

Your Best Strategy for ERP and Quality Management

We’ve only scratched the surface of what your team needs to keep in mind about ERP and quality before heading into an ERP implementation.

Whether the quality function is baked into a larger ERP system, is a stand-alone module, or is accomplished with another approach, asking the right questions is key to a successful ERP selection project.

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Categories: Continuous Improvement Tags: AIAG QS-9000, APQP, ERP and Quality Management, ISO/TS 16949, Quality Management

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About Jeff Carr

Jeff Carr

Jeff Carr is Founder and CEO of Ultra Consultants, independent advisors, researchers and consultants serving the manufacturing and distribution industries with enterprise technology expertise. Jeff is a leading independent voice in enterprise technology, ERP selection, evaluation, implementation and business process improvement. Jeff’s organizations have helped 1,200 manufacturing companies transform business operations. Jeff’s results-focused career spans four decades serving manufacturers. He leads Ultra’s high-impact process improvement programs that leverage today’s technology. Jeff is a graduate of University of Illinois.

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