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Aerospace / Defense Management SystemsWhat can a Management System (i.e. ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 14001) bring to your organization? First, a quality management system has the potential to make your organization more cost effective and efficient, providing your customers consistent quality products. Second, it will arm you with a powerful competitive tool to help your business grow and prosper. Quite simply, compliance with management system standards sends a very strong message to your customers: Your company takes quality seriously.TÜV Management Service is a leading management systems Registrar, providing accredited ISO 9001, AS9100 and 14001 environmental management systems registration. With hundreds of full-time auditing staff located throughout North America, Europe and Asia, we service thousands of customers in multiple industries, including Aerospace/Defense. TÜV offers ANSI-RAB accredited certification to AS9100, the Aerospace addition to ISO 9001 Certification. AS combines the effective standards of ISO 9001:2000 with supplementary items of how ISO pertains to the Aerospace Industry. AS9100 is the essential ingredient in creating an effective, efficient, continuously improving quality system. About ISO 9001 Originally published in 1987 by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 9000 is a generic quality systems standard that specifies, in very broad terms, the necessary components of a quality management system. Rather than being specific to any one industry, ISO 9000 details the basic requirements of the quality function for all industries. ISO 9000 gives you the tools to grow a better business through continuous improvement and refined processes. The latest version of ISO 9000 is ISO 9001:2000. Today more than 500,000 businesses have achieved ISO 9001 certification throughout the world, making it by far the most recognized symbol for quality in the global marketplace. About AS9100  AS9100
is an international aerospace standard for quality assurance in design,
development, production, installation and servicing. AS9100 was developed
using ISO 9001:2000, AS9000 and EN9000-1, and succeeds the AS9000 standard
by building upon the requirements to produce a harmonized standard that
meets the requirements of aerospace companies worldwide. AS9100 is the
first single standard accepted by and available for use across the global
aerospace community. Additionally, AS incorporates the requirements necessary
to address both, civil and military aviation aerospace needs.
The current version, AS9100 Rev. B, is the
accepted standard and includes the ISO 9001:2000 standard verbatim. In
addition, there are supplementary items that address how the standard
applies to the Aerospace Industry. General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE)
is requiring AS9100 certification for all new suppliers, and existing
suppliers have a gap audit and a certification audit performed to coincide
with their existing surveillance audit schedule. |
Leading
corporations have been utilizing environmental management systems (EMS)
for years to help them reach defined environmental objectives. Now, a
streamlined environmental management tool is available to all corporations
in the form of ISO 14001, an internationally recognized environmental
management system conformance standard. Very similar in structure to the
ISO 9001 quality management system standard, ISO 14001 outlines key requirements
to which companies should comply in order to operate in an environmentally
responsible manner.