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The Society for Automotive Engineers has developed a Quality Management System (QMS) Standard to be used by organizations selling products or services to the Aerospace Industry. AS9100 is a document that define requirements for the Quality Management System Standard. The current revision is Rev. B. It contains the actual requirements an organization must be in compliance with to become ISO 9001 Registered.

Many organizations decide to Implement AS9100 and obtain registration because it assures customers that the company has a good Quality Management System (QMS) in place. An organization with an effective QMS will typically meet customer expectations better than an organization that does not have an effective QMS. Many aerospace organizations require their suppliers to have AS9100 Registration.Other organizations implement a quality management system because it has proven over the years that it leads companies to better operations, improved performance, and improved profitability.

A well designed and implemented Quality Management System, based on AS9100 or ISO 9001:2000 has been shown to provide organizations with the following benefits:

Reduced costs are obtained through:
  • Improved product reliability
  • Better process control and flow
  • Better documentation of processes,
  • Greater employee quality awareness
  • Reductions in product scrap, rewords and rejections
  • Internal operational efficiency
  • Lower production costs because of fewer nonconforming products, less rework, lowered rejection rates, streamlined processes and fewer mistakes.
  • Access to new markets
  • Some markets require AS9100 Registration, some markets favor companies with Registration
  • Many organizations are asked by a customer to obtain registration as a requirement to continue or to start doing business with them.
  • Reducing costs
  • Organizations are recognizing that an effective Quality Management System leads to reduced costs and greater operating margins
 
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