Aug. 9–11, 2011
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
Bethesda, MD

Don't miss Camstar's informative presentation: "Trust but Verify: A Look At How Other Industries Use Technology to Monitor Global Supplier Quality In Real Time"

Traditional methods of supplier monitoring rely on audits, AQL sampling at Incoming Inspection, review of certificates and periodic scorecarding. While all of these are important tactics in an overall supplier monitoring approach, they are reactive, not timely, and do not truly characterize the health of your suppliers' product quality. Best case, a quality issue detected at incoming will cause a minor supply chain disruption. Worse case, a quality issue will escape into manufacturing, or even into the field, which can result in a recall.

In this session you will learn how leading brand owners across different industries are using state-of-the art technology to monitor and collaborate with globally dispersed sites, suppliers and contract manufacturers to improve product quality and reliability. You'll hear how these companies are solving real challenges such as ensuring product quality at contract manufacturers in Asia, detecting unauthorized supplier changes, reducing supplier variability in a new product launch, detecting a counterfeit operation, and many others.

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