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Legrand
So here's the story... I work as an engineer in a machine shop that makes components which are built into our company's assemblies (finished, shipped to customer products). Our company has been AS9100 certified for many years (at least a decade or two). Only a small portion of our customers require that we be AS9100 certified. During our last audit, there were several major and minor findings (across the company) leading to suspension of our certification. We busted our butts and addressed these issues and have since been re-certified.
In the process of re-evaluating our procedures and processes, we've found several questionable issues leading us to want to re-write some of the procedures. It's not my responsibility to champion this, but given what has happened during the last audit, I'm attempting to assure that we're not leaving gaping holes in the system.
Questions:
1.) When I read 8.5.1.3 it talks about using a representative item from a first production run to verify [everything] and that this has to be repeated when [something changes]. You also have to retain documentation regarding this. It says that this can be referred to as a FAIR.
I read this as requiring a FAIR for all of our component parts, as we're an "AS9100" company. The guy in charge is saying "no, only if the customer requires it (i.e. it's in a specific contract), do you need a fair". True or not?
2.) Do the components need a FAIR or just the final assembly that's shipped out?
3.) If no FAIR is required for the component parts, can our "quality system" in the machine shop be only a stamp/signature from the guy(s) that made the parts, verifying that the parts are good? That is to say, do we need to actually record numbers for dimensions, or can everything just be "pass/fail"?
Thanks for the input.
In the process of re-evaluating our procedures and processes, we've found several questionable issues leading us to want to re-write some of the procedures. It's not my responsibility to champion this, but given what has happened during the last audit, I'm attempting to assure that we're not leaving gaping holes in the system.
Questions:
1.) When I read 8.5.1.3 it talks about using a representative item from a first production run to verify [everything] and that this has to be repeated when [something changes]. You also have to retain documentation regarding this. It says that this can be referred to as a FAIR.
I read this as requiring a FAIR for all of our component parts, as we're an "AS9100" company. The guy in charge is saying "no, only if the customer requires it (i.e. it's in a specific contract), do you need a fair". True or not?
2.) Do the components need a FAIR or just the final assembly that's shipped out?
3.) If no FAIR is required for the component parts, can our "quality system" in the machine shop be only a stamp/signature from the guy(s) that made the parts, verifying that the parts are good? That is to say, do we need to actually record numbers for dimensions, or can everything just be "pass/fail"?
Thanks for the input.