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1. Quality
System
The Seller, and if applicable, the
seller’s sub tier suppliers shall maintain a quality system in
accordance with the most current revision of AS9100 to the extent necessary
to provide for assurance of quality and compliance in accordance with the
requirements of the Sheets Mfg.
purchase order. This shall include a
calibration system in accordance with ISO 10012, ANSI-Z-540, ISO 17025, or
equivalent. This shall also include
the control and retention of all documents and records acquired or
generated during the realization of the Sheets
Mfg. purchase order. Records shall
be retained for a minimum of 10 years. The Q.A. Manager at Sheets Mfg. shall be notified in writing prior
to disposing (shredding only) of any documents or records. The quality
system is subject to review and audit by Sheets
Mfg. Co. and/or the Sheets Mfg.
customer and/or Government representative.
The supplier shall notify Sheets
Mfg. in writing of proposed and/or actual facility or operation location
changes.
2. Source
Acceptance
Items on the purchase order are
subject to inspection and acceptance at the Seller’s facility by Sheets Mfg. Co. Quality Assurance Representative
prior to shipment. Detail parts of
an assembly shall be subject to inspection and acceptance prior to assembly
as noted in the purchase order. The
Seller shall make available space, manufacturing and inspection records,
certifications, measuring and test equipment, personnel and tools necessary
to accomplish the task at the Seller’s facility. Sheets
Mfg. Co. must be notified 24 hours in advance of items being ready for
Source Inspection. Evidence of source acceptance must accompany items
shipped.
3. Source
Surveillance
Sheets Mfg. Co. as well
as Sheets Mfg. Co.’s
customer and the Government representative shall have the right to maintain
surveillance of Seller’s inspection and test system and to perform
random sampling from sellers stock, manufacturing material or work in
progress to verify conformance to specification. Seller shall maintain
records of all inspections and tests and shall identify items and the
records so that they are traceable to each other.
4. Source
Inspection-Government
Government
inspection is required prior to shipment from your plant. Upon receipt of this order, promptly notify
the Government Representative who normally services your plant so that
appropriate planning for the Government inspection can be accomplished.
5. First
Article Inspection
The first item
(article) produced on the purchase order is to be submitted to Sheets Mfg. Co. for the first article acceptance
prior to further fabrication. First article acceptance shall be based
on the requirements of the drawing, specification and purchase order as
applicable. The submission of the
first article shall be accompanied by the actual data which provides
objectives evidence of conformance to Sheets
Mfg. Co. requirements. Acceptance of
the first article shall not be considered acceptance of subsequent
fabrication.
6. Chemical
and Physical Test Report
Each shipment must be accompanied by
a legible and reproducible copy of all chemical and physical test reports
identifiable by material lot number with materials shipped. These reports must contain the signature
and title of the authorized representative of the agency performing the
test(s) and must assure conformance to the specification requirements.
7. Process
Certification
Each shipment will be accompanied by
one copy of a certification signed with the name and title of the
representative of the seller or agency performing the process, if other
than the seller. Equipment,
personnel and procedure shall be certified to the applicable specification
or standard. The seller is
responsible for and shall certify to special processes of its
sub-contractors and shall maintain objective evidence thereof. Special process may be, but not limited
to, welding, cleaning, plating, anodizing, painting, chemical films,
non-destructive testing, etc. When
parts are serialized, the serial number shall appear on the certification,
as well as the specification or standard and the revision letter or
number. The vendor is required to
maintain records of materials or process (raw material test, inspection
reports, etc.) used to produce the items submitted to Sheets Mfg. Co. for 10 years minimum by a method
that assures they are secure. Will not deteriorate and readily retrievable
upon request.
8. Certification
of Conformance
Each shipment shall be accompanied
by a minimum of one legible and reproducible copy of a certification with
the certifier’s signature, name printed, and title stating the
following requirements:
·
Items were produced to and comply with applicable
specifications on the PO and purchased items were procured from
customer-approved suppliers when applicable (see PO).
·
Items were produced from materials of which the seller
has available for examination and/or submittal specific data or other
objective evidence of conformance to applicable specifications.
·
Materials having definite characteristics of quality
degradation (shelf life) with age, shall have the expiration date and at
minimum 75% self-life remaining, and on impregnated materials the date of
impregnation. Temperature
requirements shall be added when applicable.
·
Materials furnished by the buyer, seller certifies
that articled were produced from the materials furnished by the buyer.
Buyers’ materials lot number shall be recorded on the certificate of
conformance.
9. Limited
Life Materials
Materials having characteristics of
quality degradation with age shall be identified with the date of
manufacture and the expiration period or date.
10. Tooling
Identification and Preservation
Tooling manufactured on this
purchase order shall be identified as stated on the face of this
order. Tooling either manufactured
by the seller or supplied to the seller by Sheets
Mfg. Co. shall be properly maintained to prevent damage and deterioration.
11. Buyer
Furnished Material
Seller shall be responsible for
maintaining material identification and traceability for Sheets Mfg. Co. shall be properly maintained to
prevent damage and deterioration.
12. Statistical
Process Control
Seller shall
implement and utilize Statistical Process Control in accordance with the
intent of Boeing Specification D1-9000, Rev. A. Seller shall prepare
process flow diagrams which will identify key process operations,
inspection points, and data collection points to measure, record and chart
key characteristics and/or key process parameters as needed. Seller must
make all SPC data available for review by Sheets
Manufacturing and must report capability ratios (Cpk)
to Sheets Manufacturing when
requested
13. Material
Safety Data Sheets
A copy of the current MSDS shall be
submitted with the items. If the
product is exempt from having an MSDA, a statement of the exemption must
accompany the item.
14. Rejections
Suppliers are required to disclose
the presence and nature of any nonconforming material/product to either the
Quality Assurance Manager or Quality Engineer at Sheets
Manufacturing Co. prior to their release for the product from their
facility for pickup by or shipment to Sheets
manufacturing Co.
All items rejected by Sheets Mfg. and subsequently resubmitted shall
be so indicated on the shipping document.
The supplier shall make reference to Sheets
Mfg. Rejection document and present evidence that the causes for rejection
have been corrected.
15. Responsibility
for Product Conformance
Neither audit, surveillance,
inspection and/or tests made by the buyer or buyer’s representative
at either the seller’s or buyer’s facility, nor seller’s
compliance with all applicable products assurance requirements shall
relieve the seller of the responsibility to furnish product(s) that conform
to all of the requirements of the PO. The supplier shall notify Sheets Mfg. of process, material or
organizational changes nonconforming products prior to shipment of product.
16. Outsourcing/Sub-tier
Suppliers
It is the supplier’s
responsibility to flow-down these “Supplier Quality Assurance
Requirements” as well as applicable purchase order/contract specific
requirements to sub-tier suppliers they may choose to employ.
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