

Our suppliers considerably influence the quality of our vehicles. This can be seen by the enormous rise in purchased parts from 15 percent in the 1950s for the Beetle to over 60 per cent nowadays. The Group Quality Assurance Sourcing, as a central service provider of the Volkswagen Group, is an important key interface between our suppliers and the plants of all brands. Our global device for quality assurance is simple and effective: Quality Assurance We aim at improving quality continually to meet the great demands of our customers. For this reason our principle is to exceed our customers' quality expectations. Quality Assurance Organisation The Quality Assurance Organisation is installed decentral at all of the Volkswagen Group’s locations. Globally, work is performed according to the same standards. The spectrum of responsibilities of the Group’s Quality Assurance Sourcing ranges from securing projects to supplier auditing and evaluation on to the setting of standards and procedures. |
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