first article only once globally

Hi,

    I have vendors who supply the same material to various plants. Is there a way I can have a first article only once, the first time the material is received from the vendor so that the second receipt if it happens in a different plant does not have to go thru another first article. We are not using first article via QIR status profiles but rather via a QC MIC in the inspection plan with one plan per plant fro receiving.

Thanks