Manufacturing & Quality
What is Quality Management (QM)?
The SAP module for quality planning, inspection, certificates, and quality notifications.
QM integrates with procurement, production, and sales through inspection types. Inspection lots post results and usage decisions that move stock. Regulated industries need validated QM processes.
Related terms
Inspection Lot
A QM document requesting inspection of a specific quantity of material, created automatically or manually.
Quality Inspection
Checking materials against inspection characteristics, recording results, and deciding on stock use.
Usage Decision
The QM decision on whether inspected material is accepted or rejected, triggering stock postings.
Quality Notification
A QM document recording a quality problem, such as a customer complaint or supplier defect, with tasks and causes.
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