Annual Gage and Part Layout - Is this a requirement?

[JaySturgeon]

I have had more customers (all Tier 2) tell me this and that requirement is in the QS requirements. None of which is ever true.

I now have a customer telling me that annual gage and part layout is a QS 9000 requirement.

This time I need some help. As I recall, this is customer specific and Chrysler requires annual part layout. I do not remember any mention of gages. That would be set up under your frequency of re-certification I would think.

Can anyone tell me if in fact there is a requirement for annual part layout.

Thanks,

Jay

 

[Howard Atkins]

The QS requirement is customer specific.

Layout Inspection and Functional Testing - 4.10.4.1​

A layout inspection and a functional verification (to applicable customer​

engineering material and performance standards) shall be performed​

for all products at a frequency established by the customer (see Section​

II). Results shall be available for customer review.​

Apart for initial submission of gauges I don't remember any annual check.
Anyone?