Which steps characterize CBM T6 supplier qualification?

• A. Supplier qualification, approval, ongoing performance monitoring, and requalification; maintain an approved vendor list.
• B. Only supplier qualification and annual performance review.
• C. Supplier qualification without ongoing monitoring.
• D. Vendor marketing assessment and price negotiation.

Answer: (A)

At the heart of supplier qualification is a lifecycle approach: you assess a supplier’s capabilities, formally approve them to work, continually monitor their performance, and requalify them when needed to ensure they still meet requirements. Maintaining an approved vendor list then provides a controlled record of which suppliers have earned qualification and are authorized to supply.

This option captures all those elements: initial qualification, formal approval, ongoing performance monitoring, and requalification to reflect changes or renewed conformity, plus keeping an approved vendor list to manage and trace authorized sources.

Other choices miss essential parts. One limits itself to qualification and an annual review, skipping ongoing monitoring and requalification. Another mentions qualification without ongoing monitoring. The last focuses on marketing and price negotiation, which are not part of the qualification process itself.