Evaluating the implementation of quality management systems in supply networks in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Reis, João Gilberto Mendes dos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Costa Neto, Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Machado, Sivanilza Teixeira, Oliveira, Rone Vieira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Independent Journal of Management & Production
• Texto Completo: http://www.ijmp.jor.br/index.php/ijmp/article/view/146
• topic: supply chain quality management; quality management systems; Brazilian companies

The development of relationships between organizations through Supply Chain Management, with a view to delivering products and services and consumers has led quality management to go beyond the boundaries of the individual firm and thus spread to the various network actors in which the organization is involved. This has been called Supply Chain Quality Management (SCQM) and consists in developing a quality policy applicable to the whole supply chain. Quality management systems have been successfully implemented within individual companies, but how has this actually affected suppliers, within SCM? This paper conducted a survey in thirteen companies operating in Brazil to assess the effectiveness of SCQM. The results show that companies are still very concerned about quality within their individual companies and ensuring quality from their suppliers still involves performance indicators and depends on the availability of suppliers for each item required.