AS9100 Rev C Information

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• AS9100 Rev C Transition Schedule
• AS9100 Revision Objectives
• List of Significant Rev C Changes (by clause)
• AS9100 Rev C Articles
• What about AS9110 and AS9120 Revisions?
• AS9100-9110-9120 FAQ page
• AIQG Press Release on AS9100 Rev C Changes

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• We published Rev B-C transition products for everyone - including previous customers.
• This page, along with IAQG information is all you need to transition from Rev B to Rev C

Transition schedule

• This IAQG Timeline outlines the transition timeframe for AS9100 Rev C

• Rev C registration audits won't happen until Q310 at the earliest so you should decide if you want to register to AS9100 Rev B or Rev C. IAQG Recommends implementing Rev B for now, and being aware of the Rev C changes. Buy our AS9100 Rev B products now if you plan on achieving registration BEFORE Q3-2010, and you will be eligible for the AS9100 Rev C upgrade kit.

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AS9100 Revision C Objectives:

• Incorporate ISO 9001:2008 changes
• Expand scope to include land and sea based systems
  for defense applications
• Ensure alignment with IAQG strategy (on-time, on-quality
  performance)
  
• Adopt new requirements based on stakeholder needs
  Improve existing requirements where stakeholders
  identified need for clarification
• Here is a rationale for the changes from the IAQG

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List of significant changes Rev C:

• This document reviews the changes from AS9100b to AS9100c in detail, but here is a summary:

Clause 1.1 (Scope) ADDITION

• Scope extended beyond Aviation & Space to Defense

Clause 3 (New Definitions) ADDITION

• Risk - an undesirable situation or circumstance that has both a likelihood of occurring and a potentially negative consequence. (Key to applying Risk Management)
• Special Requirements - Those requirements which have high risks to being achieved thus, requiring their inclusion in the risk management process. Factors include:
  • Product or Process Complexity
  • Past Experience
  • Product or Process Maturity
• Critical Items - Those items having significant effect on the product realization and use of the product; including safety, performance, form, fit, function, producibility, service life, etc.; that require specific actions to ensure they are adequately managed. Examples include:
  • Safety Critical Items
  • Fracture Critical Items
  • Mission Critical Items
  • Key Characteristics

Clause 4.2.2 (Quality Manual Relationships) DELETION

• Delete requirement to create a document showing the relationship between AS9100 requirements and the organizations documented procedures.
• NOTE: Auditors need to identify appropriate documented procedures as an inherent part of the audit

Clauses 5.2 (Customer Focus/Satisfaction) ADDITION

• Management responsibility for measuring 'product conformity' and 'on-time delivery' and for taking appropriate remedial actions
• Requirement to evaluate customer satisfaction using specific QMS information, then develop plans that address deficiencies

Clause 7.1.1 (Project Management) ADDITION

• New requirement for planning and managing product realization in a structured and controlled way to meet requirements at acceptable risk, within resource and schedule constraints.

Clause 7.1.2 (Risk Management) ADDITION (See Risk Management Excercise)

• New requirement to implement a risk management process applicable to the product and organization covering: responsibility, criteria, mitigation & acceptance

Clause 7.1.3 (Configuration Management) Moved from 4.3

• Structured in line with ISO 10007 requirements

Clause 7.1.4 (Work Transfer) Moved from 7.5

• The organization must have a process to plan and control the transfer activities
• Expanded to cover permanent transfer

Clause 7.4.1 (Recognition of Supplier Quality Data) REVISION

• Objective and reliable data from external sources may be used during supplier selection and evaluation

Clause 7.4.3 (Validation of Test Reports) DELETION

• Where the organization utilizes test reports to verify
  purchased product, the data in those reports shall be acceptable per applicable specifications. The organization shall periodically validate test reports for raw material.

Clause 7.5.1.1 (Process Verification) Moved from 8.2.4.2

• Requirement to validate the production processes, documentation and tooling are capable of producing parts and assemblies that meet requirements. This process shall be repeated when changes occur that invalidate the original results (e.g. engineering or manufacturing
  processes changes).

Clause 8.2.2 (Detailed Tools and Techniques) DELETION

• Redundant to ISO 9001 text, too prescriptive.

Clause 8.2.4 (Sampling Inspection) REVISION

• When the organization uses sampling inspection as a means of product acceptance, the sampling plan shall be justified on the basis of recognized statistical principles and appropriate for use (i.e., matching the sampling plan to the criticality of the product and to the process capability).

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AS9100 Rev C articles

• "Ready for Takeoff" by L.L. 'BUDDY' CRESSIONNIE (07/08) Quality Progress Article
• ASQ Article "Revised AS&D Standards Take Flight"
• Aerospace Standards: Going Where No One Has Gone Before by Sidney Vianna, DNV

What about AS9110 and AS9120 Revisions?

AS9110A (Maintenance Facilities)is now published (Jul/09). The changes are similar with those of AS9100 Rev C. Read about the AS9110A Changes

AS9120A (Pass Through Distribution) is now published (Jul09). The changes are similar with those of AS9100 Rev C. Read about the AS9120A Changes

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