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Many apologies if I am posting in the incorrect area as this question is in regards to a First Article inspection, not a PPAP.
The company I work for recently received a PO for a job that we are not capable of producing. Our sister company, however, is capable of producing the part and will be running for us. Our customer is aware of this, and due to a movement to consolidate suppliers, would like to keep the PO with us since we are currently running a few other parts for this company. The customer requires a fairly straightforward FAI (five piece complete layout, material certs, ballooned drawing) with the addition of a Control Plan. In my many years of performing PPAP's and FAI's, I have never encountered this situation, and was wondering how to handle. I am thinking that maybe I would just have our sister company submit the FAI parts and documentation to me for review, then I submit to the customer. Some individuals where I work have suggested that I transpose their data to our internal forms and send to the customer. I do not think that this is a good idea since our location did not run the parts, layout the parts, or write the Control Plan - the parts will be shipped out of our location by the way. Does anyone have any words of wisdom, or has anyone dealt with a similar situation?
Thanks a million!
The company I work for recently received a PO for a job that we are not capable of producing. Our sister company, however, is capable of producing the part and will be running for us. Our customer is aware of this, and due to a movement to consolidate suppliers, would like to keep the PO with us since we are currently running a few other parts for this company. The customer requires a fairly straightforward FAI (five piece complete layout, material certs, ballooned drawing) with the addition of a Control Plan. In my many years of performing PPAP's and FAI's, I have never encountered this situation, and was wondering how to handle. I am thinking that maybe I would just have our sister company submit the FAI parts and documentation to me for review, then I submit to the customer. Some individuals where I work have suggested that I transpose their data to our internal forms and send to the customer. I do not think that this is a good idea since our location did not run the parts, layout the parts, or write the Control Plan - the parts will be shipped out of our location by the way. Does anyone have any words of wisdom, or has anyone dealt with a similar situation?
Thanks a million!