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Supplier quality. Audited, not assumed.
Reviews supplier quality certifications, incoming-inspection reports, and audit findings against your quality standard and contract terms — flags non-conformances before a shipment is accepted. Built for manufacturers running dozens of active supplier qualifications.
13 cited fields per audit. Built on Sphere AI Foundry.
supplier_audit — cert #QA-62190LIVE
00:00Ingest → supplier ABC Fasteners Co., cert packageread
00:03Standard match → ISO 9001:2015 cert currentpassed
00:06Inspection check → dimensional tolerance, lot #4471flagged
00:09Contract check → quality clause §7.2, 100% lot inspectionpassed
00:10Disposition → Route to quality engineer, 1 non-conformancerouted
review time 9sfields cited 13/13quality sign-off required
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Built on Sphere AI Foundry·Contract & standard matched·21 years, 300+ clients
Manual supplier audits don't scale with qualification volume
A single supplier quality review means a quality engineer pulling the certification package, checking it against the current ISO or industry standard, cross-referencing the incoming-inspection report, and confirming the contract's quality clause was met — line by line. At low volume that's manageable. Across dozens of active supplier qualifications and hundreds of incoming lots, it's the reason a non-conforming shipment gets accepted before anyone notices.
84%
faster first-pass audit vs. manual cert review
13
fields extracted & cited per audit
100%
of non-conformances traceable to a standard or contract citation
Cert in, cited disposition out
Four steps, every one logged and citable back to the standard and the contract.
01
Ingest
Reads the certification package directly from your systems
Supplier quality certification, incoming-inspection report, and the governing supply contract — read from your quality management system (QMS) or supplier portal. No separate upload step.
Source document
QA-62190 — ABC Fasteners Co.
02
Match against standard & contract
Every certification checked against your standard and contract
Certification currency, dimensional tolerances, and quality-clause requirements — each checked against the specific ISO/industry standard and the supply contract, not a generic checklist.
Example query
"Does this lot meet the dimensional tolerance in the supply contract?"
03
Cite every non-conformance
No non-conformance without a citation
Each finding links back to the exact standard clause and the contract's quality term — the citation travels with the finding, not as a separate lookup.
Cited finding
Lot exceeds tolerance on 2 of 40 sampled units — contract requires 100% inspection above 1% defect rate.
cited to Supply Contract §7.2, ISO 9001:2015 §8.604
Classify & route
One disposition, one consolidated non-conformance list
The agent returns Accept, Accept-with-deviation, or Reject, with a consolidated non-conformance list routed to the quality engineer for sign-off before the lot is released to production.
Disposition
AcceptAccept-with-deviation ✓Reject / Hold
13 fields, every one cited
What the agent extracts from every audit it runs.
Audit summary & disposition
Supplier & certification verification
Standard/ISO clause match
Contract quality-clause linkage
Dimensional/tolerance variance by lot
Certification expiration & currency check
Prior non-conformance history on this supplier
Corrective-action (CAPA) tracking reference
Consolidated non-conformance list
Quality engineer review checklist
Typical inputs
What the agent reads, and what it connects to.
Documents
- Supplier quality certification (ISO, AS9100, or industry-specific)
- Incoming-inspection or lot-acceptance report
- Governing supply contract or quality agreement
- Prior corrective-action reports (CAPA) on the same supplier
Systems
- Quality management system (QMS)
- Supplier portal or vendor management system
- ERP (receiving and inventory)
Is this the right fit?
Built for a live supplier base — not a one-off cert.
✓ Works best for
- Manufacturers qualifying and re-certifying 20+ suppliers a quarter
- Teams standardizing audits against a fixed ISO or industry standard
- Quality wanting every non-conformance traceable to a standard or contract
Too small for
- A single one-off certification a quality engineer can check faster than configuring the audit
- Replacing quality engineer judgment on a disposition for a novel defect type
- Suppliers or standards with no documented certification to audit against
Grounded in the standard, not a black box
Compliance-first, the same standard every Sphere agent is held to.
The agent requires the current certification package and the governing contract before it will return a disposition, and every audit sits between receiving and lot acceptance — never past it. A quality engineer confirms every Reject or Accept-with-deviation before a lot moves to production.
Findings reference the specific ISO clause or contract quality term directly — the same audit-trail standard every Sphere agent on the Foundry is held to.
Prerequisites current certification
The current certification package and governing contract are required before a disposition is returned.
Human review required
A quality engineer confirms every Reject or Accept-with-deviation before a lot moves to production — never fully autonomous.
Regulatory grounding standard-cited
Findings reference the specific ISO clause or contract quality term directly in every audit.
Foundation Sphere AI Foundry
Access controls and audit trail configured here carry forward to every other agent you deploy.
Frequently asked
Does the Supplier Quality Audit Agent replace a quality engineer?
No. It replaces the manual line-by-line check against the standard and contract. A quality engineer still confirms every Reject or Accept-with-deviation before a lot is released.
What standards and certifications does it support?
ISO 9001 out of the box, with AS9100, IATF 16949, and industry-specific standards added during onboarding.
How does it integrate with our QMS or supplier portal?
It reads directly from your quality management system or supplier portal — no separate upload step required. Integration scope is confirmed during deployment planning.
Is every non-conformance traceable to the standard or contract?
Yes. Every finding cites the specific standard clause or contract quality term it came from — there is no finding without a citation back to the source.
How is this different from a computer-vision inspection tool?
It reviews the documentation trail — certifications, inspection reports, and contracts — rather than inspecting physical parts by camera. It runs on Sphere AI Foundry, so the access controls and audit trail configured here carry forward to other agents you deploy.
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