This activity is used to assign a quality system level (QSL) to a supplier. You can do it from the Supplier/Purchase page, in the Quality section on the General tab.
If a purchase part has a QSL requirement it will be evaluated against the QSL assigned to the supplier when releasing a purchase requisition or purchase order for the purchase part.
If the supplier QSL ranking value is higher than the QSL ranking requirement on the purchase part, the supplier is not qualified to supply the purchase part, and manual authorization will be needed to release the purchase requisition or purchase order.
The assigned quality system level is valid until the Next Audit Date.
The quality system level assigned to the supplier is typically the result of an external supplier audit. It is possible to refer the supplier audit of interest in the Audit field.
As a result of this activity, a quality system level is assigned to the supplier.
If a purchase part has a quality system level requirement then it will be evaluated against the quality system level assigned to the supplier when releasing a purchase requisition or purchase order.