Training to help Familiarize myself to the Standards and the way these systems work

mattador78

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I have recently moved into QM position in a company I have worked for over the past two decades. I can run all of the processes in all of the departments so know how the actual production side of the company works. However the transactional side is something new, the QMS system that is in place passes ISO 9001 however we are looking to transition to AS9100D, the control of our QMS over the past few years as we have had a massive expansion has been in mainly in the hands of an outside consultant. It has been recognised that this is not best practice due to my movement from H/S manager and into this role. Obviously I need training to help familiarise myself to the standards and the way these systems work so getting to the point would anybody recommend a training course regime I could follow we are based in the UK and we have been looking at bsi and nqa as providers but its figuring out what is a good schedule and who are good trainers. Any advice would be appreciated. :thanx:
 

Buckyb

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Re: Training to help Familiarize myself to the Standards and the way these systems wo

Can I ask why you are moving to AS9100D? If it is to compete in the Aerospace and Defense industry, fine. If your company is doing it for any other reason, I would take another look.
 

mattador78

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Re: Training to help Familiarize myself to the Standards and the way these systems wo

We are a high quality metal finisher a lot of our customers are now producing aerospace work with which they want us to have the contracts for because of our standards. As a production standard we are above the requirements however we accept our management side is below what we require
 

Buckyb

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Re: Training to help Familiarize myself to the Standards and the way these systems wo

mattador78,

There are many good courses out there. I would also tell you that spending time in the Cove will pay huge benefits. There are many folks in the AS/ISO world here that are willing to help that have vast knowledge of the Standards. I have never had official training but was able to develop, establish and sustain a viable QMS from what I learned here and other research. I owe much of my success to the Cove. Spend time here; it is well worth it.
 

mattador78

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Re: Training to help Familiarize myself to the Standards and the way these systems wo

mattador78,

There are many good courses out there. I would also tell you that spending time in the Cove will pay huge benefits. There are many folks in the AS/ISO world here that are willing to help that have vast knowledge of the Standards. I have never had official training but was able to develop, establish and sustain a viable QMS from what I learned here and other research. I owe much of my success to the Cove. Spend time here; it is well worth it.


Im spending to much time here, should be doing a bit more work lol. coming on here is helping I have a good understanding of the fundamentals already. We wish in the future to go for Nadcap as our work already exceeds the standard however our main customer is having to use someone else with an inferior product to us because we aren't approved for it. It comes to something when the work we can supply is only for test pieces however it is out performing the other suppliers work by a large margin. Therefore the amount of extra work we can pick up makes this more than worthwhile. Thankfully our customer is being extremely supportive as it is beneficial for them to see us gain these approvals as we are only round the corner from each other and have a good mutual working relationship.
 

riosimbolon

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Re: Training to help Familiarize myself to the Standards and the way these systems wo

yes better you start from learn by doing, for this phase, you can identify all you need to know,, then discuss it in training class..
 

Kronos147

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Here is a tip not said; dive into your supplier control program. Find excuses to audit your supply chain and have them show you their systems.

Seeing a few other systems can really help.
 

mattador78

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Here is a tip not said; dive into your supplier control program. Find excuses to audit your supply chain and have them show you their systems.

Seeing a few other systems can really help.
I have actually done that with our main supplier we had a management visit arranged so I tagged along and "informally audited them" with their help. Also our largest customers quality manager has been gracious enough to come here and assist me by walking me through his audit here and explaining every detail instead of just doing it and going, he was supposed to be here for an Cpl of hours and stayed for over 5
 
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