K
Sorry to ask another design question, but seaching the forums didn't help me. Here's the situation:
In the past, under QS9000, we excluded design because we don't actually design anything, we manufacture. Recently one of our customers sent us a part and asked us to measure a particular surface on our CMM, and send them a drawing for a part of a certain thinkness that would fit/interface on that surface. We make foam gasket type of materials and usually our customers just send us a drawing and tell us to make it. Now, once the drawing was created, we sent it to them for approvals and signatures and then we proceded with the rest of the APQP/PPAP/FMEA process before production. Does this now make us design responsible, do we have to write this as a process or can it be included in the APQP/PPAP/FMEA process? This is an extremely limited circumstance, and as far as anyone can remember this has only happened once, maybe twice in the company history of 28 years.
Thanks in advance for all of the wonderful and helpful responses.
Kevin
In the past, under QS9000, we excluded design because we don't actually design anything, we manufacture. Recently one of our customers sent us a part and asked us to measure a particular surface on our CMM, and send them a drawing for a part of a certain thinkness that would fit/interface on that surface. We make foam gasket type of materials and usually our customers just send us a drawing and tell us to make it. Now, once the drawing was created, we sent it to them for approvals and signatures and then we proceded with the rest of the APQP/PPAP/FMEA process before production. Does this now make us design responsible, do we have to write this as a process or can it be included in the APQP/PPAP/FMEA process? This is an extremely limited circumstance, and as far as anyone can remember this has only happened once, maybe twice in the company history of 28 years.
Thanks in advance for all of the wonderful and helpful responses.
Kevin