title: Quality Management with SAP; SAP ERP QM
author:  Jawad Akhtar 
description: Jawad Akhtar earned a chemical engineering degree from Missouri University of Science & Technology in 1996. He is currently the vice president and head of SAP Delivery at AbacusConsulting in Pakistan. He has 17 years of professional experience and has completed several large-scale SAP ERP system implementation and rollout lifecycles. His SAP ERP system implementation experience spans the Logistics areas of PP, QM, MM, PM, and DMS in automobile, steel re-rolling, chemicals, fertilizers, FMCG, textile spinning, and building products industries. He has led large teams in his roles as SAP integration manager, as well as SAP project manager, and also been proactively involved in a business development and solution architect role. He is the technical advisor to SAPexperts (SCM hub) and SearchSAP, and frequently writes columns and articles about the various Logistics components for several top SAP websites and knowledgebases.
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  About the Tutorial 
  SAP Quality Management is a part of SAP R/3 system and is integrated with other SAP 
  modules like SAP Material Management (MM), Production Planning (PP), and Plant 
  Maintenance (PM). 
  QM is an integral part of logistic management and it is used to perform quality functions 
  such as quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control, at various stages such as 
  incoming material stage, in-process manufacturing process stage, and after production as 
  well.  
  This tutorial will walk you through the different features of SAP QM. 
   
  Audience 
  This tutorial is designed for all those readers who are willing to learn the basics of SAP 
  QM. This is also useful for those readers who wish to refresh their knowledge of SAP QM. 
  SAP Quality Management Consultants and QA’s at all levels can also draw benefits from 
  this tutorial. 
   
  Prerequisites 
  The course is designed for beginners with little or no knowledge of Quality Management 
  process. However,