Archive for May 7th, 2009
Aerospace Certifications
What is AS9100- certification?AS9100 is the internationally recognized series of quality management system standards specific to the aerospace industry. The standard is strongly supported and adhered to by major aerospace manufacturers, and they are demanding all suppliers meet its requirements. Based on ISO 9001:2000, AS9100-Series puts a particular emphasis on quality, safety and technology in all areas of the industry and along the supply chain. The series consists of AS9100 (OEM and Part Suppliers), AS9110 (Maintenance Organizations), and AS9120 (Distributors of Aerospace related materials, hardward and components).
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Confirmation that your production and operational systems meet the internationally recognized standard
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Recognition for your company, leading to improved business opportunities
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Fulfilment of mandatory requests from players such as Boeing, Airbus, GE and Snecma
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Confidence of your customers who trust the independent third party audit, often eliminating the need for a second party audit
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Easy search facility on the OASIS database, to check whether a company has already been certified, or for others to check the status of your company.
What are the key benefits?
Supplier Quality Management
Due to recent economic, safety and security issues, supplier quality management has emerged as one of the leading business practices in recent years. Today it is imperative for manufacturers to make significant investments in systems and processes to improve supplier quality. For instance, companies in the aerospace, food, and industrial products arena, need to preserve their preferred supplier status to continue to be considered for future business. As a result, they are under pressure to ensure that their products continue to meet or exceed acceptable quality levels and Corrective Action thresholds set by their customers. Therefore, managing their supplier’s quality is mandatory for these companies.
Supplier Auditing is an excellent tool to ensure that suppliers are following the processes and procedures that you agreed to during the selection processes. The supplier audit identifies non-conformances in manufacturing process, shipment process, engineering change process, invoicing process and quality process at the supplier. Once the audit is completed, the supplier and customer jointly identify corrective actions which must be implemented by the supplier within an agreed-upon timeframe. Continued surveillance audits ensure that these corrective actions have been successfully implemented.