Abstract. In order to meet customer requirements, technology developments need to stay focused at process rationalization and quality improvements. Combining the twin-roll casting technology and caliber rolling technology for magnesium wire, customer demands concerning cost-efficiency and high quality could be satisfied. For this purpose, the paper analyzes potential application fields and their demanded quality properties. Special requirements of illustrative magnesium long products are shown by adapting existing specifications of aluminum wire. The resulting long products could be applied in the automotive industry and aircraft sector as joining and welding elements or in biomedicine as screws. Finally, the innovative magnesium wire production technology will be explained and the advantages, in particular the resource efficiency, of the developed technology will be discussed.
Inferior automotive component quality might be caused by diverse sources in the supply chain network. To compete in a highly dynamic environment, a supply chain quality management integrating quality issues of the internal and external supply chain is needed. In this paper, a supply chain quality management model for automotive components was developed on the basis of further development of ISO 9001:2015. This way, the quality within the value chain can be managed. To evolve the model, the novel concept of supply chain quality management and its dimensions were reviewed in the literature. Drawing upon the results, intersections concerning common processes of both approaches, quality management and supply chain management, were identified using ISO 9001:2015 and the SCOR model. Based on the findings, a supply chain quality management model for automotive components was developed and will be introduced. The results reflect implications for the management of supply chain quality to be implemented by companies.
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