Maintaining Your AS9100 Quality Management System
Sometimes companies are certified but struggle to maintain and improve their AS9100 quality management system, or just need to update the knowledge and skills of the quality team. SimpleQuE can help with customized training, resources and continuous improvement initiatives. In addition, outsourcing internal audits provides a fresh perspective that not only gives opportunities for improvement, but also meet the standard’s requirements and prepares an organization for 3rd party surveillance audits.
Our AS9100 Internal Audit and Gap Analysis can identify any areas where improvement is needed. Having simpleQuE perform these internal audits will result in increased operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. And with simpleQuE’s consulting services at your disposal, you will have a quality management system in place that ensures you maintain your AS9100 certification. The experts at simpleQuE can keep you on track, and can help you with additional requirements for AS9145 APQP, AS13100 AESQ Supplemental Quality Management System Requirements, or improvements in effectiveness and efficiency of your QMS using the Aerospace Improvement Maturity Model (AIMM).
More ways simpleQuE can help:
- Implement the management review presentation materials and required records
- Perform internal audits
- Help with corrective action and finding closure. Both from internal audits and the certification body or from customer issues that have been identified
- Facilitate and train for a more effective root cause analysis and problem-solving to get to systemic corrective actions and fixes for the business and the company
- Preparation for outside 3rd party audits
- Contingency planning
- Document and record control
- CAR (Corrective Action Request) tracking and timely closure
- Continual improvement activities, such as helping to maintain the records and processes
Effectively Maintain Your Quality Management System (QMS)
Continual Improvement for AS9100
Ongoing auditing and evaluation, both of internal operations and external resources, are essential to maintain AS9100 certification, ensure customer satisfaction and remain in compliance with all requirements. The following highlights the components of simpleQuE’s continual improvement process monitoring and measuring.
- Internal Audit—Our team will work with you to conduct the periodic internal audits required to maintain your industry certification.
- Training— AS9100 Internal Auditor Training with the Process Audit Approach course fulfills the requirements for competent, knowledgeable and effective internal auditors and includes hands-on development of key processes, audit planning, and hands-on auditing exercises.
- Supplier Risk Management — A supply chain audit measures the performance and reliability of your suppliers, external providers, and outsourced processes, driving supplier development, and allows you to resolve both supplier quality and internal issues more effectively to maintain an efficient quality management system.
Additional Requirements (AS9145, AS13100, AIMM)
Customers may flow down additional requirements that we can help with.
- AS9145 is a requirement for Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (APQP).
- AS13100 is the Aerospace Engine Supplier Quality (AESQ) Quality Management System Requirements for Aero Engine Design and Production Organizations, which is supplemental to AS9100 and AS9145 if this standard is contractually flowed down by a customer. This standard helps eliminate the unique requirements from each engine manufacturer, and consolidates them into this harmonized requirement that can be flowed down to the supply chain.
- Aerospace Improvement Maturity Model (AIMM) is a tool to help companies that are certified to AS9100 identify areas where they are robust in complying with AS9100, and where they are weak. This tool helps companies identify risk areas, to help them become more effective and efficient with their quality management system.
“The help and assistance provided by simpleQuE was instrumental in making our surveillance and transition audit to AS9100:2016 happen. The support we received during the Gap Analysis and our internal audit prior to the registrar audit positioned us to be successful.” – Keith R. Johnson, Quality Engineer, ArgonST (Boeing)
The simpleQuE Advantage
Whether you have a management system in place or are just developing one, understanding the requirements and having an experienced consultant or auditor by your side is key. Our team members have third-party auditing experience, industry-related work experience, and firsthand knowledge of what is required to pass a certification assessment and maintain certification.
The experts at simpleQuE can keep you on track with their simple, customized approach – “Quality Excellence Made Simple”.
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