Vendor (Supplier) Quality Plan vs. Our QMS?

[JaneB]

In my understanding and experience Vendor quality plan concerns with the documentation that vendor should provide to the customer to be eligible
to perform a work for you.

I think a vendor quality plan is rather more than this - I'd go with what Andy describes. Sure, the 'documentation the vendor should provide' is part of that quality plan (the quality plan itself is one of the documents, if that's not too confusing) but I'd expect to see something sound in the quality plan.

It shoudl tell me (as potential customer) - how do you plan to assure the quality of these services/goods? What processes will you use? What tests/inspections/checks? At what points? What will you do if something doesn't work/goes wrong/doesn't conform, etc.

At least half the reason customers ask for one, in my experience, is to see if you actually know what one is and can provide something that looks practical and coherent.

I think you're on the right path, Qamty, but Jim makes a good point - people can mean different things by a 'quality plan' so probably a good idea to double-check.

 

[qusys]

I think a vendor quality plan is rather more than this - I'd go with what Andy describes. Sure, the 'documentation the vendor should provide' is part of that quality plan (the quality plan itself is one of the documents, if that's not too confusing) but I'd expect to see something sound in the quality plan.

It shoudl tell me (as potential customer) - how do you plan to assure the quality of these services/goods? What processes will you use? What tests/inspections/checks? At what points? What will you do if something doesn't work/goes wrong/doesn't conform, etc.

At least half the reason customers ask for one, in my experience, is to see if you actually know what one is and can provide something that looks practical and coherent.

I think you're on the right path, Qamty, but Jim makes a good point - people can mean different things by a 'quality plan' so probably a good idea to double-check.

Hi JaneB,
thanks for your feedback.
In my previous post I also added some examples, that I usually saw in some quality plans provided by construction firms when an organization outsources some specific works.
Other examples could be certifications of doing work as per state of the art work, specification of the used materials, etc... Hope this clarifies more, on the contrary it is just an opinion to share with others.

 

[QAMTY]

Thanks Gusys and Janeb for your clarifications