{"id":2461,"date":"2008-04-21T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/04\/21\/supplier-quality-audits\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T12:11:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T16:11:18","slug":"supplier-quality-audits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-quality-audits\/","title":{"rendered":"Supplier Quality Audits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article \u201cSupplier Quality Audit Basics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>One of the most intimidating things for me when I was a new buyer was going on supplier quality audits. I was clueless as to what to look for. I was afraid I\u2019d look dumb in front of my management.<\/p>\n<p>But then I think I figured out that my management was just as clueless as I. I don\u2019t blame them \u2013 back then, there just wasn\u2019t very much easily accessible information on how to conduct a supplier quality audit.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, that has changed in today\u2019s information age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupplier Quality Audit Basics\u201d is just that \u2013 the basics. It is a great starting point if you are new to conducting supplier quality audits or if you have been doing them for some time without a clear plan.<\/p>\n<p>There are more examples of checklists and the like that companies use in their own supplier quality audits on the Internet. 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