Purpose: The objective of this article is to present the results of research concerning the assessment of the actually implemented Quality Policy (QP) in supply area of selected industrial enterprises. The objective of the research was a multi-faceted assessment and analysis of implemented quality policies. Design/methodology/approach: The deliberations are based on the related subject literature and an analysis of the long-term survey results. The detailed research methodology is described in section 2. of this article. Findings: Based on the results of the research carried out in the surveyed group of 166 companies, it was found that medium and large enterprises are most firmly focused on ensuring the quality of supplies through cooperation with proven suppliers. The quality policy of the largest enterprises is also most strongly focused on caring for relations with suppliers. Enterprises from the small group take better care of the relationships with suppliers. The research results prove that large enterprises implement a quality policy more strongly focused on the supply quality. Originality/value: Knowledge of quality management issues has been increased. The article raises the issue of implementing quality policies in companies. The quality policy was characterized by selected QP aspects that illustrate the actual focus of the surveyed enterprises on the quality of supply. An evaluation of these aspects in selected enterprises was carried out, and differences dividing quality policies among independent and dependent enterprises in the implementation and supervision of quality standards were identified. Keywords: quality policy, quality management, quality management system, improvement, Total Quality Management. Category of the paper: Research paper.