AS9100 - Industry Specific Requirements
What industry specific requirements are incorporated in the AS9100
standard?
The AS9100 standard contains
all elements of the ISO 9001:2000 standard, including its corresponding
guidelines. In addition, specific items have been added to the AS9100
standard to support the unique quality and reliability needs of the
aerospace industry. Some of the unique attributes of the AS9100 standard
follow:
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AS9100 requires that an
organization establish and document a configuration management process.
Variations to “key characteristics” of a product must be managed
for product fit, performance, service life and manufacturability.
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Planning product realization
is essential for effective and efficient processes. The standard
emphasizes planning for in-process verification when a product can't
be verified at a later point. Tooling design must also be considered
when process control methodology is used to ensure that process
data will be captured.
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Plan for design-and-development
activities and ensure interim control points during the design process.
Design outputs are supplemented to provide identification of key
characteristics. The data essential for the product that will be
identified, manufactured, inspected, used and maintained is detailed.
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AS9100 provides information
on areas of design-and-development verification documentation and
validating testing and results.
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AS9100 includes a number
of additional expectations for identifying and maintaining suppliers.
Supplier approval is just one step in the process of managing suppliers.
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Seven communication requirements
are detailed, ranging from clarifying engineering requirements to
managing test specimens and right of access to suppliers' facilities.
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The means by which a company
examines and then accepts products from suppliers is detailed for
supplier control. An organization might conduct a receiving inspection,
perform the inspection at the supplier's facility or formally delegate
product acceptance to the supplier.
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The supplier is responsible
for managing its suppliers and sub-tier suppliers according to AS9100.
This includes performing special processes that are frequently subcontracted
to processing houses. The supplier must use customer-approved sources;
however, ensuring that the processing is properly performed is the
supplier's responsibility.
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Article based on information
provided in: Barker, Eugene, “Aerospace’s AS9100 QMS Standard,” Quality
Digest, May 2002,
http://www.qualitydigest.com/may02/html/as9100.html
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