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ISO
9000 - QS-9000 Information Exchange
1999-07-12
The AIAG Site Documents Listing
1996-12-21
Here's the skinny from the AIAG:
The QSA (Quality Systems Assessment) has a 'Work Book' to go with it. It is the 'Quality System Development Checklist' published by the AIAG. It is 40 pages and costs $30.00 - available from the AIAG. You can call AIAG at (810) 358-3570.
Now - about this new 'development checklist':
I compared it to the QSA:
Each has three main columns:
The Content:
Well, I hate to be picky, but they basically say the same things in different words. Even many of the words are quite the same. The Foreword to the QSDC says it, "...addresses all of the QS9 mandated requirements (all SHALL statements) and covers the intent of all implied ones (the SHOULD statements)."
It may be because I work around QS9 quite a bit, but I am having a difficult time really setting these two documents apart. Both are pretty much asking the same questions.
Both are sequential in order of the paragraphs of QS9. Each labels each 'question' with the applicable paragraph from QS9.
The QSDC does have smaller type and 'more' questions than the QSA does. This seems to imply that the QSDC has more detailed questions - To some degree this is true.
At any rate - it's another source of info to use to Test Your Company's Readiness. I'm not convinced QSDC is worth $30. But then in the face of QS9 implementation costs as a whole, this is a drop in the bucket.
1997-01-02
I just met with a gentleman who introduced me to ISOScore and Achieving Enterprise Excellence. Both programs are self-assessment programs. We come back to the content. As I sat at lunch I was thinking - the level of detail and the level of understandability are different. My experience has been that self-assessment programs (including the QSA and this 'new' document fail from the fact that there is seldom anyone in-house what really understands the verbiage and a view (not to mention understanding) of each of their company's systems and how they fit together. The 'self-assessment' is often quite useless. I also should point out here that Achieving Enterprise Excellence is a product of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (313 995-0300). It goes far beyond ISO and QS. Based mostly as a research group, they contributed heavily to the automotive industry leading up to the QS standard. In the words of Mike Gnam, they develop for the future.
1998-07-12
Umm, well, there are some slight changes.
First is a GIF of the AIAG QS related documents.
Next - there is a 'WorkBook' which is essentially a version of QS using a technique analogous to MSWord's 'revisions' function. I like it a lot. I recommend it for all doing the 'switch over'.
There is (was? 980712) a 'standard' package available with the following (listed by revision date):
This 7 document package is $40.50 (NOTE: WAS. Price *may* have increased. This main package does NOT include the new 'workbook'. The whole mess (8 documents total - the 7 'pack' and the QSDC) ran me $87.25 with taxes and 2nd day shipping.
Ummm... Now that we get down to it, there is also:
OH! And don't forget! Your company's 'Spec Package' has to include the Interpretations!
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