Quality Management System – Aerospace Requirements

Deltas between ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100B

Requirement 3.4.2: Product

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SUMMARY

• This is a basic definition of product, with emphasis on aerospace industry considerations.

• Focus is on the intended product (that which is purchased by the customer).

• By-products effecting the environment are generally excluded (see below).

• Products can be of a hard (washers, engines, propellers) or soft (knowledge, concepts) nature.

• In most cases, the scope of the certification audit will be limited to the quality management system under which the “products” are manufactured.

• The one exception for this is those special cases where the organization has integrated its QMS with its EMS (ISO 14001). In these cases, the by-products of the process may enter into “a” certification decision. However, it will be under the requirements of ISO 14001, not AS9100.