Throughout the whole AS9100D standard, risk-based thinking is an important thread. In Clause 6.1 you are required to look at the risks (and opportunities) linked to the quality management system of the organisation, now AS9100D wants you to focus even further. The whole point of the 5 items in clause 8.1.1 of AS9100 is to get you to understand the ...

AS9100 clause 7.4 Communication is a small and innocuous clause, there really doesn't seem too much to it on the face of it. This clause in Rev D of the AS9100 standard for Aviation, Space and Defence organisation is all about ensuring that those within your organisation and outside of it get the right level of communication about your quality mana...

AS9100 REV D Section 7.1.5 is all about the how you look after measuring devices, calibration and measurement traceability. It's not a massive change from the previous standard but what does it mean and what do you have to do? The Clause is essentially the same as the ISO9001:2015 clause it is based on but does carry some useful additional clarific...

Within the AS9100 REV D standard Competency (Clause 7.2) and Awareness(Clause 7.3) are split into 2 separate clauses, that makes sense if you look at competency as purely skill or knowledge based but you do have to ask if it is to have any Competency without Awareness (or Communication!). As an organisation it';s for you to decide how you manage it...

Pretty much everyone in industry at some level have heard of ISO 9001, it is the world's benchmark for Quality Management Systems, not as many however have heard of AS9100D or AS9100:2016 Rev D to give it it's full title. So, what exactly is it and why talk about it alongside ISO9001? AS9100D is the Quality Management Systems - Requirements for Avi...

When you read through AS9100 D you will notice that where ISO9001:2015 may hint at something or assume you understand what it means, AS9100D is far better at being explicit in what it's talking about. Right off the bat in the scope of the standard for example it states "If there is a conflict between the requirements of this standard and customer o...

The interesting thing about the leadership clause of any standard is that it is one many organisation do not pay enough attention to. It tends to be an area where people still believe it is the quality or the safety or the compliance manager's role and so the senior management team take a hands-off approach leaving things to the person they have ha...

As we have mentioned before AS9100 REV D is very much focused on understanding the Risks in your Quality Management System and to your organisation plus how you will handle them. It makes sense, working in the aviation, space and defence industries is risky and the products that come out of those industries are perhaps the some of the highest risk ...

The AS9100 rev D standard for Quality Management Systems for Aviation, Space and Defence organisation's Clause 6.2 is all about setting your quality objectives for the organisation. It is another of the sections which is a "shall" i.e. you must do this to comply with the standard. Interestingly this clause doesn't say "Top Management" will … it say...

It is important to remember that your AS9100D Quality Management System (QMS) is a living and evolving system. That means that over time you and your team will make changes to the system either because of a new idea, a client requirement, a business change, a new system, new staff or as a result of a management review of a process, the list of reas...