As a member of the Supply Chain Council (SCC), NMMI uses the SCC Supply Chain Council Reference (SCOR) model as its guide for assessing MSME functionality for alignment with a Corporation’s Supply Chain Maturation Stage described as follows:

STAGE 1: FUNCTIONAL FOCUS

• Discreet supply chain processes and data flows well documented and understood
• Resources managed at the department level and performance measured at the functional level
• Cross-functional processes not well defined

STAGE 2: INTERNAL INTEGRATION

• Company-wide-process and data model continuously measured at the company, process, and diagnostic levels
• Resources managed at both functional and cross-functional levels

STAGE 3: EXTERNAL INTEGRATION

• Strategic partners throughout the global supply chain collaborate to:
- Identify joint business objectives and action plans
- Enforce common processes and data sharing

STAGE 4: CROSS ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION

• IT and e-business solutions enable a collaborative supply chain strategy that:
- Aligns participating companies’ business objectives and associated processes
- Results in real-time planning decision making, and execution of supply chain responses to customer requirements

Quality Small Minority Manufacturer – QSME™

When a MSME completes the Capability Risk Mitigation Program and the IT requirement for functionality in a STAGE 4 type supply chain, NMMI certifies the MSME as QSME™

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