023. Strategic Supplier Development – From Audits to Real Partnerships

Supplier audits are a standard part of automotive quality management. They are planned, executed, reported – and yet in many organisations they rarely lead to real improvement or stronger supplier relationships.

In this episode of Specifically About Quality, Agata Lewkowska Ph.D. and Christopher Scott explore how supplier development should work in practice, beyond audit checklists and scorecards.

They share practical examples from automotive supply chains where audits identified the same issues year after year, while no real capability growth followed. You’ll also hear how mature organizations move from policing suppliers to building partnerships based on transparency, trust, and joint problem-solving.

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