ISO & AS9100 Certification

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The ISO 9000 standards give organizations an opportunity to increase value to their activities and to improve their performance continually, by focusing on their major processes. The standards place great emphasis on making quality management systems closer to the processes of organizations and on continual improvement.  As a result, they direct users to the achievement of business results, including the satisfaction of customers and other interested parties.

The current version of AS9100 aligns the standard with ISO 9001:2008 and has extra requirements regarding Regulatory Compliance and the following aerospace-sector specific requirements:

  • Configuration management
  • Design phase, design verification, validation and testing processes
  • Reliability, maintainability and safety
  • Approval and review of subcontractor performance
  • Verification of purchased product
  • Product identification throughout the product’s life cycle
  • Product documentation
  • Control of production process changes
  • Control of production equipment, tools and numerical control machine programmes
  • Control of work performed outside the supplier’s facilities
  • Special processes
  • Inspection and testing procedures
  • Methods, resources and recording
  • Corrective action
  • Expansion of the internal audit requirements in ISO 9001:2000
  • First article inspection
  • Servicing, including collecting and analysing data, delivery, investigation and reporting and control of technical documentation
  • Review of disposition of non conforming product

As a result, ISO 9001:2000 is totally encompassed within AS9100 with these additional requirements applied specifically addressing aviation safety concerns. It is also the only standard which considers the role of the Regulatory Authorities and so many of the “add-ins” are directly traceable to FAA Regulations FAR Part 21 (Certification Procedures for Products and Parts), Part 39 (Airworthiness Directives) and Part 45 (Identification and Registration Marking).