AS9100 - 8.4.2 - Receiving Inspection Requirements

[Ralba]

Hello All,

I work at a PCB assembly CM, and we are entering into AS9100 audits at the end of the year for our certification. I have some questions regarding Receiving Inspection Requirements and execution.

Much of our components looks very similar or cannot be verified as non-defective/functional on site. Inspecting all parameters ( resistance, footprint, ect) would not be possible for every component coming through the door as it was at other places I worked. As such, I am a little uncertain what we would be required to do. I understand that receiving inspection is actually only an example of how our external providers can be controlled and measured under subclause (d), and not strictly a requirement. However, we want to make sure we are a reliable part of whatever supply chain we enter into.

Currently, our policy is this: We only order parts from Franchised Distributors, and request the CoC and lot information to satisfy counterfeit controls and traceability. In any circumstance we must order parts from a non-franchised distributor like a broker, we will send samples out for testing at an fully certified lab. We also will do receiving inspections on any brokers on regular intervals, and for the first 3 shipments from any new supplier, broker or not. I am setting up C=0 sampling at AQL for all sampling unless requested otherwise by a customer.

Would this satisfy the requirements for AS9100, or am I missing something with this?

 

[John Broomfield]

Show that you have effective supplier selection criteria and use them well to result in suppliers you can rely on for supply of conforming products ontime with test certificates you can trust.

Some organizations forget to verify the latter part: competence to supply accurate test results.

These criteria and a capable purchasing process also mean you can rely those carefully selected (and monitored) suppliers to speedily inform you if they have problems with truthful details of what they are doing to avoid any impact on your customers.

Of course, you may have supplemented these controls with additional controls for new suppliers or when established suppliers are realizing a new service or item.

Given the evidence of the effectiveness of these processes and controls your receiving inspection may be limited to damage, packaging, quantity, type and labeling.