Supplier COA Is Late, Production Is Waiting
Choose a supplier-quality response that maintains material control and quality unit disposition authority.
SUPPLIER QUALITY DECISION A qualified supplier shipped material, but required documentation is missing before quality disposition. What is the strongest move? Keep the material under quarantine control, allow only procedure-approved segregated staging if needed, and complete QA/QC disposition when required evidence arrives. Strong. This respects the supplier history while preserving quality status. Physical movement is controlled without pretending the component is released. Use the material because the supplier is approved and no previous lots have failed. Weak. Supplier qualification reduces uncertainty, but it does not remove the need for incoming controls, specification review, and quality unit release. Reject the shipment…
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