At our military aircraft and component overhaul facility, we are setting our system to the ISO 9000:2000 requirements and are blending in the AS9100:1999 requirements. AS9000 has added two additional requirements to our 5.5.6 Control of Document system. They are
5.5.6(b) (i) Document change incorporation: the organization shall establish a process to ensure the timely review, distribution, implementation and maintenance of all authorized and released drawings, standards, specifications, planning, and changes. The organziation shall maintain a record of change incorporation and, when required, shall coordinate these incorporations with the customer and/or regulatory authority. (from AS9100:1999. para. 4.5.3).
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5.5.6(h) When customer furnished digital data is used for design, production and/or inspection, the Depot shall establish system controls in accordance with customer requirements. (from AS9100:1999. para. 4.5.3).
While we know that a "Master Document List" is NOT an ISO or AS requirement, the standard basically requires that documents be controlled and retrievable. We have chosen to use an on-line approach that just happens to appear as a list of documents that the users can click and open. People, by nature, like lists. The added plus with our on-line DCS system is that you can do a "keyword" search to help you sort things out.
Also, as we proceed down the document pyramid to the actual work documents, the level of control (open loop vs. closed loop) increases.
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