1. AAQG Registrar Management Committee (RMC) SAE AS9104/AIR5359 OVERSIGHT RMC Procedure 102 REV 5 Changes
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2. Overview Topics IAQG Member
AAQG RMC Surveillance Team
AS9104 Oversight Criteria
IAQG Member
Oversight of Accreditation Body (AB) & Certification Body (CB)
RMC 102 Rev 5 Change Summary
AAQG Member Roles & Responsibilities
AAQG Member Reporting Requirements
Summary
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3. AAQG RMC Surveillance Team
Team Members
Tim Lee, Lead The Boeing Company
Randy Dougherty ANAB
Lori Scheid ANAB
Reg Blake BSI, America Inc.
Guy Johansen UTC
Jay Park Northrop
David Stevens Rolls Royce
Luiz Brandao Embraer
Note: The above surveillance team members may be used as a resource to answer questions regarding the AAQG RMC Oversight process or AAQG RMC Procedure 102 Rev 5.
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4. AS9104 Oversight Criteria AS9104, Section 9.2:
AAQG RMC 102 was updated to ensure conformance to AS Requirements for Aerospace Quality Management System Certification/Registrations Programs.
AS9104, Section 6.4.f:
“The CRB shall agree to periodic surveillance and witness audits by the ABs and by IAQG sectors. ABs shall conduct annual witness audits of CRBs holding AQMS accreditation. IAQG member companies shall perform oversight of CRBs used by their suppliers and report results to the SMS as established in each sector.”
AS9104, Section 9.2:
“ The SMS shall perform oversight of ABs participating in AQMS qualification of CRBs by the following as a minimum:
a. Annual review of AB oversight activity of CRBs participating in AQMS programs.
b. Annual onsite office assessment of AB.
c. Annual witness audit of at least one AQMS accreditation or surveillance audit of a CRB.
NOTE: SMS may perform the above witness audit with applicable AB as a part of the combined oversight visit as mentioned in 10.9 ‘NOTE’.”
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5. AS9104 Oversight Criteria AS9104, Section 10.6
“Member companies of IAQG sectors will perform oversight of CRBs used by their suppliers and report results to the SMS, as necessary.
NOTE: Member companies of IAQG sectors may choose to participate in a shared CRB oversight process. This process should be documented and managed by the respective SMS.”
AS9104 Section 10.9:
“The SMS shall perform oversight on participating CRBs by:
a. Annual onsite office assessment at each CRB
b. Witness at least one audit of an AQMS standard by the CRB at a supplier.
NOTE: SMS may choose to utilize the data generated by the shared CRB oversight process referenced in Section 10.6 to meet these requirements. It is recommended, whenever possible, that SMS combine this oversight with AB’s office and witness audits of CRBs defined in Section 10.5.”
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6. AAQG RMC 102 Rev 4, June 2005 Purpose/Scope:
The purpose of this procedure is to document the process for oversight of the SAE AS9104/AIR5359 program for registration of aerospace quality systems. This process will be implemented by participating AAQG Member Companies, Accreditation Bodies (AB) and Certification Bodies (CB) in the Americas to establish a shared and consistent process to meet the requirements of the Aerospace Standard AS9104, “Requirements for Aerospace Quality Management System Certification/Registrations Programs” and SAE AIR5359, “Requirements for Certification/Registration of Aerospace Quality Management Systems”.
Summary of Changes
Update to reference and include AS9104 Oversight Criteria
AB Witness Audit
Witness Audit is “Observation Only”
Updated references in the audit tools
Updated Witness Audit Check Sheet
Incorporate ISO criteria
Additional details
Added AAQG Member Requirement
Missed RMC Assessments will be rescheduled
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7. Roles & Responsibilities
AAQG Member Representative– AB Office Audit
The AAQG Member Representative shall take the lead role during any AB office assessment.
AAQG Member Representative – CRB Office Audit
The AB Assessment Team Leader and AAQG Member Representative will cooperate to meet the objectives of the joint team assessment. These activities may include review of additional CRB’s AS9100 registration files and AS9100 auditor files needed to ensure that adequate emphasis is placed on AS9104/AIR5359 compliance during the CRB Office joint team assessment.
AAQG Member Representative – CRB Witness Audit
The AAQG Member Representative shall not influence the CB and/or AB audit team during the audit conduct portion of the witness audit. The role when witnessing is one of observation only. Feedback to the audit team will occur upon conclusion of the client’s assessment. (e.g., AB audit team debriefing).
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8. Roles & Responsibilities
AAQG Member Representative – Reporting
Upon completion of any joint team assessment activity the AAQG Member Representative shall complete an RMC 102 Joint Team Assessment Summary Report contained in Appendix 7. The report will be forwarded to the AB and become a part of the AB’s audit report to the CRB.
AAQG Member Representative – Complaint Process
The complaint process in AAQG RMC 102, Appendix 6 should be utilized if any unresolved issues arise between the AB and AAQG Member Company during Joint Team Assessment activity.
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9. Summary
The changes to RMC 102 Rev 5 will ensure conformance to AS9104.
Having well trained and knowledgeable AB and AAQG Member Representatives will ensure success.
Defined roles and responsibilities will encourage a “team” approach.
Coordination and planning of Joint Team Assessment activity is crucial to success.
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