Quality Function Deployment

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How can an organisation encourage suppliers—both internal and external—to participate in actively ensuring quality standards are maintained so that fewer customer complaints are likely? The way to assure your suppliers will provide you with quality goods and services is to form a customer-supplier partnership with them. You can that by working together, sharing motivation for quality goods, and helping each other to do a good job. Introduction In any business or job situation, your prime goals to satisfy your customer with quality goods and services. But in order to effectively satisfy your customer, it's essential your suppliers also provide you with quality goods and services. This includes both your internal and external suppliers.…show more content…
It's quite possible that what you want isen't completely feasible or that you have some misconceptions about the product or capabilities of your suppliers. The best solution is to work together with your suppliers to make sure that both of you understand what is wanted and what is possible. Working together on defining and/or clarifying the requirements brings the supplier in on your "team" and is the start of a partnership. Use Quality Function Deployment When Stating Requirements One of the best ways to assure the supplier understands your requirements, as well as to initiate working together on clarifying those requirements, is to use some form of what is called Quality Function Deployment (QFD). In simple terms, you meet with key suppliers personnely from the various disciplines to define, discuss, and clarify your requirements. Use MBWA and Other Forms of Two Way Communication Once the requirements have been clarified using QFD, then it is good to maintain an open two-way communication with your suppliers. Management-By-Walking-Around, is an effective way to find out what is really going on with your workers and internal suppliers. It is not meddling or micro-management, rather it is simply getting to know any problems or obstacles and fixing
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