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Quality and reliability are critical values for the aerospace industry. In an environment where the mistakes or failure of products or services can be fatal, the effective operation of a quality management system plays an essential role in helping to reduce risks and provide a reliable framework for organizations to provide a product or service.
Quality management systems have been used in the aerospace industry for many years. Efforts by members of the aerospace industry to establish a single common Quality Management System resulted in AS9100, 9110, 9120. They are used and supported by the world's leading aerospace companies and also throughout their supply chain partnerships.
AS9100 - Quality Management System Requirements for Design and/or Manufacture of Aerospace Products
AS9110 - Quality Management System Requirements for Maintenance Organizations
AS9120 - Quality Management System Requirements for Stockist Distributors
In the US market we can also perform two additional types of assessment which are unique to the Americas region:
AS9003 Inspection & Testing
AS9006 Aerospace Deliverable Software Supplement to AS9100 standards.
The Aerospace Standards are a series of specific standards based on ISO 9001 and developed by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) to provide international consistency and address the specific regulatory, safety and reliability requirements demanded by the aerospace sector.
Who are they relevant to?
The aerospace series of standards cover the complete spectrum of organizations working within the aerospace sector, from design and manufacture to maintenance organizations and stockist distributors.
Why choose us as your certification partner?
We have a unique pedigree in the global assessment of management systems in the aerospace supply chain, with the highest percentage of fully employed assessors of any other certification body or registrar.
Our technical capability and delivery in this sector ensure we’re recognised as a worldwide leader in this field. We have also just become one of the first certification bodies to become accredited to deliver AS9110 certification worldwide. Read the press release.
Assessments conducted by us are undertaken using qualified auditors authenticated by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG).
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ISO/TS16949:2002 is an ISO technical specification which aligns existing US, German, French and Italian automotive quality system standards within the global automotive industry. It specifies the quality system requirements for the design/development, production, installation and servicing of automotive-related products.
Overview
The global automotive industry demands world class levels of product quality, productivity and competitiveness as well as continual improvement. To achieve this goal many vehicle manufacturers insist that suppliers adhere to strict technical specifications laid out in a quality management standard for suppliers to the automotive sector, known as ISO /TS 16949:2002.
ISO/TS 16949:2002 has been developed by the industry, the International Automotive Task Force (IATF), to encourage improvement in both the supply chain and the certification process. In fact, for the majority of leading vehicle manufacturers, certification to this specification is a mandatory requirement for doing business.
This specification aligns and supersedes existing US, German, French and Italian automotive quality system standards, including QS-9000, VDA6.1, EAQF and ASQ. It specifies the quality system requirements for the design/development, production, installation and servicing of all automotive-related products. First published in March 1999 and revised in 2002, there are now over 25,000 certificates issued in 80 countries and economies.
Who is it relevant to?
ISO/TS16949:2002 is relevant to all types of automotive supply companies, from small manufacturers to multi-site multinational organizations located anywhere in the world. However, it is only applicable to sites where production or service parts are manufactured.
Organizations wishing to break into the automotive market must wait until they are on an automotive customer's potential supplier list before they can progress with certification to this specification.
Why choose us?
As the global market leader for automotive management system certification to ISO/TS 16949 we employ a large number of automotive experienced assessors that meet the standards set by the IATF. |
