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lorider - 2010
I've recently been hired by a small aerospace machine shop to transition their QMS from ISO9001:2008 to AS9100 RevC. They are 3rd party registered to ISO. Their current Quality Procedure for approved suppliers states that if a supplier is customer approved (not just customer delegated), they have no approval requirements, and the supplier is not added to their ASL. A third party registrar approved this system.
I understand the standard to mean that Approved Suppliers are the suppliers this company uses, regardless of who else approves them. Most of our suppliers are approved by some of the larger aerospace companies. Does that really eliminate the need for us to have them on our ASL, and do anything more than verify product conformity of what we purchase? I've never seen this interpretation of the standard, and am meeting resistance to change current policy. Any feedback that would be helpful.........
I understand the standard to mean that Approved Suppliers are the suppliers this company uses, regardless of who else approves them. Most of our suppliers are approved by some of the larger aerospace companies. Does that really eliminate the need for us to have them on our ASL, and do anything more than verify product conformity of what we purchase? I've never seen this interpretation of the standard, and am meeting resistance to change current policy. Any feedback that would be helpful.........