One of my first jobs on a contract is to review documents currently in use in the quality system. Documentation is often the weakest link in the quality system chain and can be a major nonconformance in the certification audit. In my experience the assessors could regard the following as non-conformances: no central record (Master… Read more »
Posts Categorized: AS9100
LEANING TO LEAN MANAGEMENT?
LEANING TOWARDS LEAN MANAGEMENT? Lean enthusiasts often overlook the difference between perspective and performance. In their zeal to control the traffic (remove bottlenecks) they don’t recognise the imperative connections between traffic point duty (on site observations according to procedures) and control room perspective (overall strategy and implementation). Lean management allows little margin for error… Read more »
A REMINDER: AS9116 NOTICE OF CHANGE (NOC) Requirements issued in October 2014
AS9116 can be a standalone requirement or an additional requirement to AS9100D, AS9110 (Aviation Maintenance Organizations) or AS9120 (Aviation, Space and Defense Distributors). It does not apply to ‘build to print’ contracts. Source Control Drawings, Bills of Material, Manufacturing methods and Key components must be considered for their NOC status, i.e., design characteristics and performance… Read more »
CUSTOMER-IMPLIED SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Early identification of customer- implied special requirements or potentially critical items: provides design engineering with valuable information which they can use for design implementation and design history. provides management with acceptance rationale for those requirements or items, identifies the means by which emerging risks can be controlled and mitigated, enables critical design features, tests, inspection… Read more »
SUSPECT, FRAUDULENT AND COUNTERFEIT PARTS: Documentation Review
The documentation trail is critical in the prevention and discovery of suspect, fraudulent and counterfeit parts. You can protect the integrity of your quality system and reduce the likelihood of these parts entering your production chain by checking the following documents: Certificates, packing slips tracing the movement of the material back through supply chain… Read more »
AS9101 REVISION E: Quality Management Systems Audit Requirements for Aviation, Space and Defense Organizations
AS9101E / 9101:2014 Implementation Just a reminder from IAQG that Certification Bodies (CBs) shall implement the 9101E / 9101:2014 audit requirements standard no later than July 01, 2015. The Qualidoc Quality System Internal Audit Checklist covers all the new requirements. Help yourself at www.qualidoc.co.uk
AS9100C: Customer requirements
Customer requirements: even under normal circumstances, reaching agreement could deplete the energy of Hercules. Suppliers might breathe a sigh of relief and feel a tickbox mode coming on when they see that the requirements include mandated use of parts or suppliers. But what if customer requirements include mandated inferior parts or services that are in conflict… Read more »
DESIGN CONTROL: AS9116 NOTICE OF CHANGE (NOC) Requirements
A new Aerospace Series standard was issued in October 2014: AS9116 Notice of Change (NOC) Requirements. It can be used alone or in addition to AS9100C, AS9110 (Aviation Maintenance) or AS9120 (Distributors). To complicate matters further, AS9116 is for use with AS9100C which is also going to change in 2016. The AS9100… Read more »
AS9100:2016 and ISO9001:2015
AS9100:2016 is floating around in draft. I have read it and it doesn’t keep me awake at night. Risk assessment and management are still flavours of the month. Tackling risk assessment and management can be intimidating, but if we can keep our heads when all around are losing theirs we shall not waste time and… Read more »
ANAB, OEMs and AS9100 audits
According to recent information which has come my way, prime contractors (OEMs) and standards boards are becoming increasingly concerned about the insufficient depth of AS90XX audit reports, which they are returning to certification boards as unacceptable. Three examples of immediate concern, especially to the aerospace industry, are: DOCUMENT CONTROL (no surprise there) ESPECIALLY CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT… Read more »
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