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Just when you thought the
manufacturing industry had digested ISO certification, along
comes another demand for certification and compliance. AS9100
is an aerospace industry standard that encompasses ISO 9000 and
9004 and adds 80 or so additional requirements to help ensure
quality and customer satisfaction.
If you are doing business with any of the
aerospace industry companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin,
Raytheon, General Dynamics, NASA or others in the defense
industry, civil or commercial aviation, then you’ve probably
already heard of AS9100. Everyone laments when faced with more
documentation, more work process requirements, more audits and
more training- not to mention the expense in time and manpower
to jump through this latest hoop of fire. Take heart, because
AS9100 certification may not be as bad as it seems at first
glance.
When ISO certification was first introduced, it represented a
lot of work for everyone involved, documenting work processes,
taking measurements, controlling documents, having a lot of
meetings and in general turning the company upside down to get
ready for the all-important certification audit. This was
generally a lot of work because these things were not already in
place and not part of the day-to-day way things were done at a
particular company. Compliance with ISO standards did have a
positive effect on consistency of...
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