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title: Leadership Strategies for Enabling Supplier Quality Management • Generis
description: When it comes to quality management, life sciences organizations all face a similar set of challenges derived from both the significant industry competition necessitating improved quality performance and reduced costs, and from ever-tightening regulatory compliance measures. Quality leaders in life sciences need to contend with these pressures while also meeting goals around innovation, and improving efficiency across the product development lifecycle in an industry that is relying more and more on a growing global network of suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other partnerships. The growing network of suppliers in life sciences means that visibility into supplier quality and across the value chain are more important than ever before, as an adverse event could quickly lead to recalls, fines, and irreparable brand damage.
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# Leadership Strategies for Enabling Supplier Quality Management

- September 5, 2018

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When it comes to quality management, life sciences organizations all face a similar set of challenges derived from both the significant industry competition necessitating improved quality performance and reduced costs, and from ever-tightening regulatory compliance measures. Quality leaders in life sciences need to contend with these pressures while also meeting goals around innovation, and improving efficiency across the product development lifecycle in an industry that is relying more and more on a growing global network of suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other partnerships.

The growing network of suppliers in life sciences means that visibility into supplier quality and across the value chain are more important than ever before, as an adverse event could quickly lead to recalls, fines, and irreparable brand damage.

In the Research Spotlight, [LNS Research](https://www.lnsresearch.com/) explores:

- The importance of transforming the perception of suppliers from vendors to partners in forging successful relationships
- The definition of supplier quality management and the growing role it plays in overall Enterprise Quality Management and -by extension- Operational Excellence
- How supplier quality management capabilities correlate to key performance measurements like supplier defect rate
- Recommended Actions

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