SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
QA6640 - Quality Cost and Supplier Evaluation
Spring Semester 2007
Research Module Assignment Four


General Instructions

Answer all three of the following questions using Microsoft WORD.
Your name must appear at the top of the first page of your Microsoft WORD document.
When you have finished, attach your Microsoft WORD document to an email addressed to the Professor.
Your answers are due no later than midnight on April 16, 2007.
You may submit your answers early but late submissions will receive a grade of zero.

The Professor's email address is: Professor_Atkins@yahoo.com


This is a RESEARCH Module Assignment.
Your answers MUST include reference material from sources in addition to the course textbook.
You may use other textbooks, journal articles, or information published on the internet.

You MUST include footnotes in your answers when you reference material from the textbook or from other sources.

You have three options for showing your references:
  1. You may use footnotes at the bottom of each page, or
  2. You may group all the footnotes together at the end of the paper as end notes, or
  3. You may place each footnote in parenthesis at the end of the corresponding paragraph.
Missing or improperly referenced footnotes will significantly reduce your grade on this module assignment.


Learning Objectives for Research Module Assignment Four

Assignment Four focuses on the implementation process of Small Supplier certification. When this assignment has been completed, the student should have:
  1. An understanding of the factors that identify a small supplier.
  2. An appreciation of the different types of inspection as they apply to a Small Supplier.
  3. A comprehension of how Nonconforming Material is handled for Small Suppliers.

Module Assignment Four Questions

  1. Chapter 14 discusses Quality Control and the Small Supplier. Discuss and explain the criteria that could be used to classify a supplier into the category of a Small Supplier.

  2. On Pages 161 to 164 the author discusses receiving inspection, in-process inspection, and final inspection. Discuss these three functions in detail with respect to a Small Supplier.

  3. On Page 169 the author discusses the Handling of Nonconforming Material. Discuss this issue in detail as it applies to a Small Supplier.