Tag: Quality Managment Systems

AS 9120 Aerospace Quality Management

AS 9120, titled, “Quality Management Systems — Requirements for Aviation, Space, and Defense Distributors,” has just been updated.  It is one of a number of documents on Quality Management published by SAE International.  The new revision B will replace Revision A, which is now obsolete.  This document is available now from Document Center as a hard copy or for PDF download.

Implementing a Quality Managment System can improve the quality, cost, and timing of delivery of your products.  It also has the added benefit of inspiring confidence in your vendors and customers.  That is precisely why so many different companies scramble to pick up these quality management standards when they come out.    If you’re an aerospace or defense distributor looking to implement a quality system in your company,  AS 9120 may just be the standard for you.

Who needs this document, anyway? AS 9120 was published to be a guide to the ever-so-popular ISO 9001, but it is specifically designed for aerospace and defense distributor needs.  That is, if you are buying and reselling parts in the aerospace industry, this applies to you.

In it, ISO 9001 is included, accompanied by helpful notes and added content on aerospace applications.  Next, the document is divided into a number of sections to ensure that each facet of the quality management system is addressed.  Sections applying specifically to leadership, planning, support,  operation, evaluation, and improvement are included.  Following this are a number of annexes informing the reader of other quality standards that may be of interest.

To ensure the soundness of your quality management system, pick a copy of the AS 9120.  At Document Center, we’ve got it available in a number of formats, including hard copy, PDF, and for site-wide subscription.  Here’s a link to the order page for AS 9120.  Need to pick up some accompanying documents, while you’re at it?  Go to www.document-center.com and browse our standards library.

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New AS 9101 – Quality Management Auditing

SAE’s AS 9101, “Quality Management Systems – Audit Requirements for Aviation, Space, and Defense Organizations” has been updated. The new 2016 Revision F (to replace revision D from 2014) is available now from Document Center as a hard copy or for PDF download.  This document is designed to guide aerospace industry users through the audit process for the requirements laid out by AS 9100.

To ensure the quality of their services, aerospace and defense buyers and suppliers must have a system in place.  The requirements of this system were determined by various Standards-Developing Organizations (SDOs).  These include the International Standards Organization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG).

In order to enforce conformity with these standards, various certifying bodies are charged with the task of auditing.  AS 9101 walks the user through the entire auditing process from basic information to specific tips and requirements. This includes a terms and definitions section to help avoid confusion caused by the language used in the document.

Following this is an extensive section describing and outlining every facet of auditing and reporting.  This includes information on audit activities, planning, conducting audits, reports, specific requirements, and nonconformity management.  It also describes a variety of different types of audits. Appendices A and B provide an acronym log and an extensive selection of auditing forms.

If you are interested in picking up a copy of the new AS 9101, contact us at Document Center.  You can visit our webpage (www.document-center.com) to browse for this standard or any other SAE standard you may need.  Here is the order page for the AS 9101.

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