In Oracle Purchasing, you can manage goods and services purchased from suppliers using receipt, transfer, inspection, internal delivery, return, and correction transactions. See: Overview of Receiving.
By using Oracle Quality and Oracle Purchasing together, you can directly control quality at the supply end of the supply chain. You can, for example, do all of the following:
inspect, then accept or reject, products from a supplier
collect historical data on items, lots, and serial numbered items received from suppliers
report failure analysis by problem and product
place a supplier on hold when their product quality falls below a prescribed level
place a document on hold until supplier product problems are resolved
update a supplier's "approved supplier" status based on the quality results entered
notify buyers automatically when an action, such as placing a supplier or a supplier's document on hold, takes place