Module 02
Supplier Management
Qualification as live state, not a filed document.
Qualification lifecycle
- Evaluate and triage
- Questionnaire, documents, certifications — then a risk class that sets qualification depth.
- Qualify
- The audit runs on the same engine as every other.
- Agree and approve
- Quality agreement signed, then onto the approved supplier list.
- Monitor and requalify
- Scorecards, re-scored risk, scheduled requalification — plus for-cause audits when signal warrants.
The loop that closes
Audit outcome writes qualification status
Approving a closure certificate moves the supplier's standing status.
| Closure outcome | Standing ASL status |
|---|---|
| Approved | Qualified |
| Approved with CAPA | Qualified · CAPA tracked |
| Conditionally approved | Conditional |
| Rejected | Disqualified |
Risk that looks forward
- Scorecards over time
- Performance tracked as a series, so direction is visible.
- Public adverse signal
- Enforcement, recalls and warning letters matched to your suppliers and flagged.
- Predicted near-term risk
- Trend, band and open signals resolve to a forward band.
Also in the module
- Sites, products, materials
- Qualification is held per site and per material, because suppliers aren't flat.
- Pre-qualification
- A self-service front door before a supplier consumes audit capacity.
- Quality agreements
- Versioned and signed, linked to the sites and materials they govern.
- Supplier portal
- Suppliers answer, upload and respond directly — not by email attachment.
Put your ASL on a live record
Bring your requalification calendar and we will show you the difference.