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Quality Management (QM)

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Quality Management (QM)

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Contents
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Distribution of Master Inspection Characteristics Using ALE.................................................................7 Sending Master Inspection Characteristics ..............................................................................................9 Distribution ofInspection Methods Using ALE.......................................................................................11 Sending Inspection Methods Using ALE .................................................................................................13 Distribution of Code Groups and Codes Using ALE ..............................................................................15 Sending Code Groups andCodes............................................................................................................17 Distribution of Inspection Setup Using ALE ...........................................................................................19 Sending the Inspection Setup Directly ....................................................................................................21Distributing Inspection Setup Data Using Change Documents ............................................................23

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Quality Management (QM)
Purpose
With the functions of the Quality Management (QM) module, you can implement the most important elements of a QM system, as specified in ISO 9000. These functions arecomplemented by other integrated application components of the SAP system (such as MM, SD, PP).

Implementation Considerations
The 20 elements of a quality management system according to the ISO 9000 series of standards are represented by integrated functions throughout the entire R/3 System. The elements are represented as follows: Elements 1 2 (Management responsibility) (Quality management...