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Today, the aerospace industry faces increasing difficulties in
demonstrating sound business performance while conforming to strict
customer and regulatory requirements. Fortunately, over the last several
years, the industry has achieved a high degree of consistency regarding
aerospace quality management system (AQMS) requirements. While AS9100
“anchors” requirements for the manufacturing and airline sectors,
AS9110 provides specific requirements in the maintenance of aviation
industry products, including commercial, private, and military. For
aerospace distributors, the AS9120 standard applies.
Understanding these requirements and implementing a management
system that adds value to the business while ensuring conformity
can be a challenge in itself.
Defining the scope and challenges of the implementation effort,
executing a clear and logical implementation plan, and ensuring
that employees at all levels understand their roles and are well
equipped to excel in AQMS-based operations are essential to success.
STAT-A-MATRIX has services that can provide you an edge in ensuring
a smooth and successful path to AQMS registration. Using our 14-Step
Implementation Process, we have assisted hundreds of companies with
AS9100, AS9110, and AS9120 implementation, gaining significant knowledge
of how registration can benefit companies and assist in achieving their
missions. STAT-A-MATRIX customers include key major aerospace firms
as well as large and small organizations within the aerospace supply
chain.Ê Our process has also been used successfully with other
standards, such as ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 13485, and the
medical device GMP.
We have a full range of consulting
services aligned with each step of the 14-Step Process to
not only assist in your registration efforts, but also use the
AQMS implementation to help focus on opportunities to reduce costs,
increase efficiencies, and reduce cycle time. Our consulting services
and training map into the major critical activities necessary
to achieve AQMS registration. Therefore, we can provide the right
level of training and consulting at the right phase of your implementation
plan to reduce your staff hours needed to achieve registration.
At the same time, we are matching your organization’s operating
style, business goals, culture, and budget. Our approach is not
“one size fits all.” We will work with your executive
team to tailor the program to your specific needs.
Management Orientation: Deliverable: Management
understanding of the third-party registration process
Quality Steering Committee: Deliverable:
Steering committee selection and training
System-Level Procedures (SLPs): Deliverables:
List of system-level procedures to be documented
Flowcharts of required SLPs
Completed system-level procedures
Review, comment, and counsel on SLPs .
Quality Manual:Deliverables:
Completed quality manual
Review, comment, and counsel on quality manual
Instructions: Deliverables:Instruction
writing, counsel and review, and training
Internal Audit: Deliverables:
Documented and validated internal audit system
Auditor training
Counsel and assistance for internal auditors
Completed internal audit and report
Preassessment: Deliverable: Audit report
Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA): Deliverables:
Documented and validated CAPA system
Corrective action review
Registration or Compliance Audit: Deliverable:
Assistance during third-party registration audit. STAT-A-MATRIX
can remain on-site during the registration audit to help answer
questions and correct nonconformances before the auditors leave
the site.
A typical timeline for AQMS implementation and registrations
is as shown:
Our consulting staff includes specialists with extensive aerospace
experience who meet the stringent Aerospace Experience Auditor (AEA)
certification requirements set forth by the a href="stake.php">Americas Aerospace
Quality Group (AAQG) in AS 9104/3 and RABQSA International. We help
organizations with executive awareness sessions as well as all
activities related to establishing, documenting, and implementing
a management system that conforms to AS9100C, AS9110A, AS9120A,
and other relevant aerospace specifications, including a
preregistration audit and resolution of nonconformity issues.
In addition, our significant expertise with other quality methods
enables STAT-A-MATRIX to help you harmonize your AQMS approach with
programs such as Six Sigma and Lean. The result gives your organization
a larger cadre of tools, enhancing the value of your aerospace quality
management system.
Want more information on AS9100 offerings? Need an
on-site course or specialty support? Need assistance with AS9100,
AS9110, or AS9120 implementation? Call 800-472-6477. For additional
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