The Certified Supplier Quality Professional Handbook

The Certified Supplier Quality Professional Handbook

The importance of a safe, reliable, cost-effective, high-quality, integral, and nimble supply chain cannot be overstated. Equally critical are the supply chain processes (e.g., strategic, procurement, quality assurance, technical, regulatory) that ensure these requirements are met. By extension, then, the supply chain professional is of paramount importance as a creator, driver, and full participant in these business-critical activities. ASQ s Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP) certification provides valuable credentials to quality professionals in the growing field of supplier quality engineering. Due to globalization of the supply chain, supplier quality engineers are becoming more important in a broad spectrum of industries, including manufacturing and service industries. The purpose of this handbook is to assist individuals taking the Certified Supplier Quality Professional examination and provide a reference for the practitioner. Throughout this handbook, several examples are provided based upon the collective experience and knowledge of the authors and editor. However, these examples are not explicitly specified in regulations, leaving decisions to the company, as well as the burden of justifying practices using sound scientific principles that provide the context of the rationale. Mark Allen Durivage has worked as a practitioner, educator, and consultant. Durivage is Managing Principal Consultant at Quality Systems Compliance LLC. He received a B.A.S in Computer Aided Machining from Siena Heights University and a M.S. in Quality Management from Eastern Michigan University. Additionally, Durivage served an apprenticeship and is a journeyman mold maker. He is an American Society for Quality (ASQ) Fellow and holds several ASQ certifications including; CQM/OE, CRE, CQE, CQA, CHA, CBA, CPGP, and CSSBB. Durivage is an active member of the ASQ Toledo Section, ASQ Reliability Division, ASQ Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Division, and Customer-Supplier Division, holding several Section and Division leadership positions. Durivage and his family currently reside in Lambertville, Michigan. He was a contributing author and the editor of The Certified Pharmaceutical GMP Professional Handbook 2nd Ed (ASQ Quality Press) the author of Practical Engineering, Process, and Reliability Statistics (ASQ Quality Press), the author of Practical Attribute and Variable Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA), (ASQ Quality Press), the author of Practical Design of Experiments (ASQ Quality Press), and co-author of Practical Process Validation (ASQ Quality Press).