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摘要

Quality is the ability of a product to meet customer requirements and expectations. Thus, maintaining quality control plays a critical role in supply chains (SC) as a product evolves from raw materials to finished goods.It is well-known that the most important quality control occurs at the source of manufacturing-that is, the inputs to manufacturing. In the case of SCs, this begins at the procurement of raw materials.Traditionally, purchasing departments working in procurement use a list of information1 about raw materials for quality control that includes the: 1.1 Physical description. 2.1 Dimensional measurements. 3.1 Chemical composition. 4.1 Performance specifications.Procurement managers use this list for supplier selection and sourcing to ensure quality standards are met. With the arrival of the Quality 4.0 revolution, however, these quality practices have become dated and can, in fact, lead to a loss in quality and lack of process optimization.