最後更新:2026.06.22
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Author: Pei-Chi Chiu
Power Supply Industry
Multinational Multi-Site Deployment
Incoming Inspection
About This Case
FSP Group (FSP Technology Inc.), one of the world’s top ten power supply manufacturers, adopted the MiDFUN SQM Supplier Quality Management System in 2024, successfully integrating the incoming inspection processes across its Taiwan plant, four plants in mainland China, and its Vietnam plant. Faced with the complex management needs of thousands of part-number types and hundreds of thousands of products, the MiDFUN SQM system helped FSP Group establish unified supplier grading, dynamic sampling plans, and quality traceability mechanisms. The mainland China sites further expanded their number of users thanks to strong results, and signed a multi-year maintenance contract.
Customer Profile: FSP Group (FSP Technology Inc.)
FSP Group (FSP Technology Inc.) was founded in 1993 and is a global leading professional manufacturer of power supplies. The group currently employs around 6,000-plus people worldwide, including around 400-plus R&D personnel. Guided by its management philosophy of “Service, Professionalism, Innovation,” FSP Group continues to deliver comprehensive green energy solutions as a supplier, leveraging its leadership in power technology to deepen its presence in the green energy field.
FSP Group continually pursues advanced technology R&D. Positioned around ultra-high efficiency, ultra-long lifespan, and new energy, it brings its long-accumulated power technology R&D capabilities into more application fields, covering forward-looking products in information and communications technology (ICT), consumer electronics, industrial power (IPC), lighting, medical, and new energy technology. Upholding a vision of sustainable management, FSP Group has built a green image for its international brand, conveying its 3S (Safe, Stable, Saving) philosophy and fulfilling its social responsibility as a corporate citizen.
Project Background: Supply Chain Quality Management Challenges Across Multinational Multi-Site Operations
FSP Group’s power supply product lines span thousands of part-number types and over hundreds of thousands of products, distributed across plants in Taiwan, mainland China, and Vietnam for assembly, production, and inspection. Before adopting the MiDFUN SQM system, the company faced the following challenges:
Complex customer specification requirements: Different customers specify different requirements, and some customers even designate specific suppliers, making it difficult to manage incoming inspection standards in a unified way.
Differentiated sampling processes: Suppliers of different grades require different sampling plans and control items to be executed, which traditional systems struggled to configure flexibly.
Limitations of the existing system: The company originally used an ORACLE ERP combined with semi-manual paper-based operations, which could no longer meet customers’ increasingly stringent requirements for quality traceability and anomaly tracking.
Pressure from global expansion: With five major plants across Taiwan and mainland China, plus a future U.S. plant expansion plan, there was an urgent need for a supply chain quality management solution capable of multinational integration.
Facing customers abroad whose requirements for systematic supply chain management were growing increasingly complex, FSP Group’s senior management consulted its IT and quality directors and decided to entrust this specialized domain to a specialist vendor.
Why FSP Group Chose the MiDFUN SQM System
A Rigorous Evaluation and Hands-On Testing Process
After evaluating and actually testing multiple vendors, FSP Group’s manager in charge of the SQM project, its quality assurance director, and its senior IT manager held in-depth discussions with MiDFUN. After referencing the usage experience of other industry peers and conducting simulation testing, they gave high recognition to MiDFUN’s professional capabilities in supplier quality management.
Product Completeness and Granularity
The MiDFUN SQM system can flexibly configure different customers’ specification requirements, supplier grading systems, differentiated sampling plans, and an AQL (Acceptable Quality Limit) sampling inspection mechanism based on the ISO 2859 international standard. The system’s completeness and functional granularity were precisely the key factors in FSP Group’s decision to adopt it.
Cross-Site Integration Capability
The MiDFUN SQM system features an architecture designed for multinational, multi-site deployment, capable of unified management of supplier information, incoming inspection standards, and quality data across the Taiwan site and the four mainland China sites, while reserving flexibility for the future U.S. plant expansion.
Deployment Scope and Results
| Deployment Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Deployed product | MiDFUN SQM Supplier Quality Management System |
| Deployment scope | Taiwan site, four mainland China sites, Vietnam site |
| Management scope | Incoming inspection and supplier management for thousands of part-number types and hundreds of thousands of products |
| Core functions | Supplier grading and evaluation, dynamic sampling plans, quality traceability, anomaly management |
| Subsequent developments | Mainland China sites expanded user count, signed a multi-year maintenance contract, planning to expand the use of other modules |
The deployments at the Taiwan site and the four mainland China sites were completed smoothly. Because the Vietnam plant experienced more frequent personnel changes, MiDFUN’s professional consultants continued to conduct three rounds of training with the company’s Taiwanese quality control staff stationed in Vietnam and, with assistance from the mainland China sites, successfully brought the system online.
Thanks to effective use of the system, the mainland China sites continuously expanded the number of users beyond the original plan and, based on their trust in MiDFUN’s professional capabilities, signed a multi-year maintenance contract in a single agreement. FSP Group plans to expand its use of MiDFUN’s other modules in the future to further integrate its quality management systems.
Conclusion
FSP Group’s successful experience in adopting the MiDFUN SQM Supplier Quality Management System demonstrates MiDFUN’s professional strength in helping manufacturing customers solve quality management challenges across multinational, multi-site operations. From complex supplier grading management and differentiated sampling plan configuration to complete quality traceability mechanisms, the MiDFUN SQM system delivered an all-around solution that helped FSP Group meet international customers’ increasingly stringent supply chain management requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What is an SQM Supplier Quality Management System?
SQM (Supplier Quality Management) is a systematic approach to managing the delivery quality of suppliers. The MiDFUN SQM system covers incoming inspection (IQC, Incoming Quality Control), supplier evaluation and grading, dynamic sampling plans, quality traceability, and more. Put simply, it is a digital management tool that ensures “the materials you purchase are all good,” helping companies reduce production costs and customer complaint risks caused by defective raw materials.
Q2: How does the MiDFUN SQM system handle different customers’ specification requirements?
The MiDFUN SQM system supports inspection-standard configuration by customer and by part number, allowing individual configuration of the specification requirements, designated suppliers, and sampling plans specified by different customers. Based on the AQL sampling inspection mechanism of the ISO 2859 international standard, the system automatically calculates sampling quantities and acceptance decisions to ensure compliance with each customer’s quality requirements.
Q3: How long does it take to deploy the MiDFUN SQM system?
The deployment timeline varies depending on the company’s size and number of sites. Taking FSP Group as an example, the deployments at the Taiwan site and the four mainland China sites were completed smoothly; for the Vietnam plant, due to personnel changes, MiDFUN’s consulting team provided three rounds of training and ongoing support to ensure the system went live smoothly. MiDFUN’s professional consulting services can adapt to the actual situation of each site and flexibly adjust the deployment strategy.
Q4: Can the MiDFUN SQM system integrate with an existing ERP system?
Yes. The MiDFUN SQM system features standardized system interfacing capabilities and can integrate data with mainstream ERP systems such as ORACLE and SAP, enabling automatic synchronization of incoming material information, inspection results, and supplier evaluation data, avoiding repetitive manual entry and ensuring data consistency.
Q5: What other quality management products does MiDFUN offer?
MiDFUN has specialized in quality management software for the manufacturing industry for over 30 years, with a product line covering: SQM Supplier Quality Management, SPC Statistical Process Control, FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, MSA Measurement System Analysis, APQP/PPAP Advanced Product Quality Planning, 8D Customer Complaint Management, and more, providing manufacturing customers with complete quality management solutions.
About MiDFUN
MiDFUN was founded in 1993 and is a Taiwanese professional manufacturing quality management software company with over 30 years of dedicated experience. Its services span industries including electronics manufacturing, machinery and equipment, automotive parts, semiconductors, automotive electronics, and aerospace, helping customers build quality management systems that comply with international standards such as IATF 16949 and ISO 9001.
If you are looking for a professional Supplier Quality Management System (SQM) solution, we welcome you to contact us to learn how MiDFUN can help your business improve the effectiveness of its supply chain quality management.
