SQA History

Since 1995, SQA has pursued a vision of helping companies improve. Founded by Jim McKay, who pioneered Supplier Quality Management services in the 70s, SQA is widely recognized as a key body of knowledge, a flexible global resource, and a proven solution provider for today's complex supply environments.

In keeping with the changing needs of industry, SQA has grown from simply providing on-site expertise, to providing goal-based project teams, managed programs, fully outsourced supplier quality operations, and turn-key supplier management.

In the same way that our services have grown in sophistication, our tools have evolved to the extent that we also provide a technology solution with full implementation services. Our flagship tool is STEPQ, a scalable web-based application that provides visibility and control of supplier performance operations around the world, 24x7. One of the main reasons that STEPQ is so successful is that we use it to run our own operation every day. For SQA and our customers, STEPQ represents a competitive edge - one that we ensure constantly evolves.

This dual solution strategy gives our customers the flexibility of strategic,management and technical resources where and when they need them, coupled with the technology infrastructure that boosts them to world-class performance and beyond.