Re: Exclusion of AS9100C 7.1.1 and 71.3 for a small shop
I totally disagree with excluding Project Management & Configuration Management.
When the small shop gets an order, isn't there any configuration information provided?
Does anyone in the shop plan the production to ensure that the required resources are available and the schedule is being met?
Section 7.1 covers that point completely in a small shop
And I quote
"The organization shall plan and develop the processes needed for product realization. Planning of product realization shall be consistent with the requirements of the other processes of the quality management system (see 4.1).
In planning product realization, the organization shall determine the following, as appropriate:
a) quality objectives and requirements for the product;
NOTE Quality objectives and requirements for the product include
consideration of aspects such as
- product and personal safety,
- reliability, availability and maintainability,
- producibility and inspectability,
- suitability of parts and materials used in the product,
- selection and development of embedded software, and
- recycling or final disposal of the product at the end of its life.
b) the need to establish processes and documents, and to provide resources specific to the product;
c) required verification, validation, monitoring, measurement, inspection and test activities specific to the product and the criteria for product acceptance;
d) records needed to provide evidence that the realization processes and resulting product meet requirements (see 4.2.4);
e"end of Quote) configuration management appropriate to the product;
Furthermore, if you read the note on 7.1.3 - it makes a reference to ISO 10007. After reading that spec, you will realize that an exclusion is justifiable.
This is what the 3rd party was pointing out - and we are taking it.