I am starting a position as a Quality Engineer at an AS9100 certified company. Where should I start (beyond the standard) in getting up to speed with the AS9100 requirements.

I am already familiar with ISO9000. What reading should I start with.

Thanks!

Let me suggest the What will change in AS9100 Revision C? (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=16076&highlight=what+will+change+AS9100) thread.

I am starting a position as a Quality Engineer at an AS9100 certified company. Where should I start (beyond the standard) in getting up to speed with the AS9100 requirements.

I am already familiar with ISO9000. What reading should I start with.

Thanks!Without knowing exactly in what aspect of aerospace your new company fits, it's difficult to point you in the right direction.

If you [the organization] make products for other folks to their specs versus products you design yourself, or if you have a narrow product line versus a large and varied product line, the emphasis will change.

Almost always, every aerospace operation will focus on traceability and assuring each step in the supply chain completely destroys non-conforming products to a state where they cannot be re-introduced into the supply chain via some "covert, back-door route." (There are some bad examples of substandard products being "diverted" to non-aerospace venues or picked out of trash and later incorporated into aircraft as if they were bona fide and contributing to failures of systems to the point of being life, health, safety perilous [crashes.])

Obsessing on removing nonconforming products to assure they will never be incorporated into an aircraft invariably means a lot of focus on doing "right things right" to accomplish that goal. "Prevention, not detection" is still the most cost-effective means of accomplishing that goal.

Just incidentally, "configuration management" is always a big issue in aerospace.

How well do you really know ISO 9001:2000. Assuming that you know the ISO clauses reasonably well, I would start by reviewing the AS9100B standard and becoming familiar with the differences. The AS enhancements are bolded and italicized to make them stand out.

Think of AS as ISO on steroids.