AS9100 Certification: Who It Applies To?
AS9100 certification is specifically for the aerospace and defense sector to ensure that the manufacturing organizations continuously provide safe and reliable products, parts, and equipment to their customers. AS9100 certification is based on the ISO 9001 certification, however, it has different challenges that it has to deal with. In the next slides, learn about the challenges in the AS9100 certification process.
Major Challenges in Achieving AS9100 Certification Overcome these critical challenges which may evolve while aerospace manufacturers seek to get certified with AS9100 standard.
Product safety
Integrity Maintenance
Frequent Surveillance Audits
• Product safety: Integrating safety and risk assessment is extremely crucial for a quality management system (QMS) in aerospace engineering. Also, there is a need for the latest set of tools, technologies, and deployment support resources to ensure the QMS meets the AS9100 requirements. • Integrity Maintenance: Another crucial aspect for aerospace manufacturers is to maintain their integrity in the industry and get open access to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) worldwide. Thus, along with meeting the customer, safety, and regulatory requirements, the manufacturer needs to minimize integrity threats with AS9100 to safeguard their relations with OEMs. • Frequent Surveillance Audits: To make sure that the aerospace organization transitions well to the AS9100 standard by complying with its evolving set of regulations, regular and frequent audits are necessary. These are planned surveillance audits and should be conducted by professional auditors who know the requirements of AS9100 and the IAQG (International Aerospace Quality Group) regulations well.
Key Takeaway Quality management in the aerospace sector is quite a comprehensive aspect. Achieving AS9100 certification will cover all areas of aerospace manufacturing, such as counterfeit parts, project management, global outsourcing, and configuration management. For this reason, achieving certification seems to be a challenging task for the manufacturers. However, with the assistance of professional certification agencies, an aerospace business can seamlessly implement the AS9100 standard and unleash all its benefits.
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