Supplier Management for the Medical Device Industry

Better select, evaluate and manage your suppliers to ensure the quality of the product or service delivered. Apply the best processes for supplier selection, certification and monitoring in order to involve your organization on the front end of this vital relationship. Examine the importance of global supply chain management and get a clear understanding of the benefits of establishing long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships.

• Learning Objectives
  • Demonstrate how to prepare a supplier quality plan based on applicable standards and regulations
  • Examine and discuss the nature of a global supply chain
  • Evaluate a potential supplier’s business and operational capability
  • Develop a plan for evaluating and ranking potential suppliers
  • Use final controls over suppliers based on the level of risk to the product
  • Develop level definitions of a multi-level supplier certification process
  • Establish a process for measuring and monitoring supplier performance
  • Develop a process for communicating supplier performance and improvement
• Who Should Attend

  Anyone in the medical device industry working with and responsible for vendor and supplier relationships and supplier quality. These include project managers, personnel associated with purchasing, suppliers, manufacturers, quality planners, schedulers, internal auditors, and ISO13485 implementation teams.

• More Information

  Course Data

  • CEU Hours: 1.4
  • ASQ RU: 1.4
  • Audience: Intermediate , Beginner
  • Provider: ASQ
  • Course ID: SMMDI
  • Course Length: 16 hours
  • Cancellation Policy
• Instructors
  • Frances C. Akelewicz, CQE, CQA
  • Steven Walfish, CQE
  • John A. Freije CQE, CMfgT