1043-QMSD-7400 Rev 9.0
ATS Precision
Vendor Purchase Order Requirements
1/5/2018
NOTE: These conditions are based on the Aerospace Quality Standard
AS9100:2016
ATS shall
communicate to its supplier the requirements for:
VPOR-A) Flow Down requirements, ATS shall include relevant technical data
such, but not limited to specifications, drawings, process requirements, and
work instructions.
NOTE: Document Order of Precedence
In the event there is a conflict in a governing document, the order of
precedence shall be:
1) Text of the Purchase Order
2) Drawing's referenced on the
purchase order
3) Documents or specifications
referenced on the drawing.
VPOR-B) 1 – Customer
Approved Sources of products and services. If the contracted supplier is a
customer-approved source, the supplier shall identify the expiration date of
the source’s approval in the certification of conformance. Any changes in a supplier’s certification
status, such as a loss of certification or change in scope, shall be reported
immediately to ATS Precision and processing stopped on any jobs until written
approval is supplied by ATS Precision.
2 - Supplier Special Process Approval of
methods, processes, and equipment, if
the contracted supplier is performing a certified special process, shall have a
process in place for the proper qualification, methods, processes, equipment
Any changes in a supplier’s certification status, such as a loss of
certification or change in scope, shall be reported immediately to ATS
Precision and processing stopped on any jobs until written approval is supplied
by ATS Precision.
3 - Guarantee of Quality through the
release of products and services. Unless
other options are agreed to by ATS Precision, suppliers are required to provide
evidence of the materials conformance to requirements through the issuance of a
Certificate of Conformance (C of C) and materials used Chemical and Physical
Test Reports, including NDT and process certs, which will be sent with the
purchased item. This paperwork will be
located within the container of parts, located as to not be severed upon opening in the top or front of package. At a minimum, the C of C will be identified
with the following information:
·
suppliers
name
·
traceability
identifier used by supplier for material traceability such as lot #, batch #,
or heat #
·
amount /
quantity
·
any
required hazardous material labeling
·
conformance
statement as to completeness
·
ATS’s
purchase order number, part number and revision, when applicable
·
An
authorized signature and this name also have to be typed or printed.
VPOR-C) ATS supplier shall control and review
employee competence including any required qualification/certification of
employees, especially those who are performing special processes that mandate
the use and control of certified personnel.
VPOR-D) All correspondence and official interactions
shall be conducted through either Purchase Order Nomenclature or via written
script by either Fax or Email conduits.
VPOR-E) ATS’s
control and monitoring of the supplier approval status is provided upon review of submitted
Supplier Survey and maintained per ATS supplier rating process.
VPOR-F) Verification
or validation of conformance of product or processes, can be completed by ATS Precision or its
customer through inspection, internal or laboratory review, testing or
inspection as deemed necessary by its customer’s quality organization or
standard.
VPOR-G) Design
and Development Control, product or service provided by an ATS
supplier where the supplier is the design authority. The
supplier shall maintain an adequate management system to control any changes
that could affect, intended or otherwise, the design, development or functional
use of said product or process.
VPOR-H) Special requirements, critical items “Key
Characteristics”, purchase order requirements,
drawings, industry specification/standard including their revision shall be identified and adhered to prior to submittal
by ATS supplier.
NOTE: Standard/Specification
Flow-down - All applicable specifications not identified with a revision
shall be to the latest revision as published on our web site www.atsprecision.com/specificationrevisionlist.xls
VPOR-I) ATS
Precision reserves the right to test,
inspect and verify product and/or production processes, by any standard
aerospace practice as it deems necessary.
VPOR-J) ATS
Precision shall also utilize the use of statistical
techniques and any other related instructions for product acceptance of
supplier product, process, or services.
VPOR-K) ATS
mandates upon the contracted supplier the need to:
1- Maintain
Quality System Requirements - ATS suppliers shall
minimally meet the requirements of a documented Industry Standard Quality
Management System (i.e. AS 9100,
2- Sub-tier
Approval – ATS Precision suppliers who out-source
special processes to sub-tiers, SHALL only use customer approved sources as
identified by purchase order, or if the print is a customer designed print or
mandated by specification. If approved sources are not mandated per the
purchase order/print or the specification, ATS Precision supplier SHALL use
NADCAP approved sources to perform the special processes as required.
3- Non-Conforming
Material: - Immediate notification to ATS Precision
is mandatory upon the identification of suspect product previously supplied to
ATS Precision.
a.
ATS
Precision suppliers do NOT have Material Review Board authority; approval for
non-compliant product shall be documented and submitted for approval to ATS
Precision prior to shipment or disposal.
b.
ATS
Precision reserves the right to return, at the supplier’s expense, any or all
quantities of a lot received in which product has been identified as
non-compliant to the purchase order requirements.
c. All
Corrective Actions (Product and Systematic in nature) shall be completed and
submitted on or before the documented due date.
4-
5- Configuration
Management - ATS supplier
shall not make any changes in design, materials, processes, services, or
location of facility that could affect the part without documented written
permission from ATS Precision.
6-
Sub-tier
External Provider Flow down – ATS Precision suppliers who
utilize their own external suppliers shall flow down any and all requirements
including ATS Customer Requirements as applicable.
7-
Design
Approval - ATS suppliers shall provide test specimens (when
applicable) for design approval, inspection/verification, investigation, or
auditing purposes as requested.
8- Documented
Information Retention - Documentation considered to be a “Quality
Record or Documented Information” as defined by AS9100 standard, including but
not limited to documents that substantiates certification of product or
services, shall be maintained on file for a minimum of ten (10) years after
completion of the Purchase Order. These records (i.e;
material certifications, test coupons, manufacturing, inspection records, etc.)
maybe subject to review and audit. And
shall only be disposed of per AS9100 requirements or ATS’s customer mandates.
VPOR-L) ATS Precision, its customer representatives
and regulatory authorities shall have the
right of access to all facilities, for potential verification or validation
activities at the supplier’s premises and to review applicable quality records,
involved in the order including all subcontractors or sub-tiers or any level of
its supply chain.
VPOR-M) ATS
Supplier shall ensure that persons employed and performing functions considered
to be integral to product conformity are aware of:
1. Their
contribution to product or service conformity
2. Their
contribution to product Safety
3. The
importance of Ethical Behavior
VPOR-N) Traceability - ATS
Precision supplier shall ensure traceability throughout manufacturing,
inspection and testing processes, including traceability of materials to the
heat or batch lot number.
VPOR-O) Conflict
Minerals/ Dodd-Frank - All items provided shall be traceable and compliant
with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act as amended; The Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 to add Section 13(p), which directs the Commission to issue rules
requiring certain companies to disclose their use of “conflict minerals” if
those minerals are “necessary to the functionality or production of a product”
manufactured by those companies or contracted by those companies to be
manufactured. Under Section 1502, the
term “conflict minerals” includes tantalum, tin, gold, or tungsten. Congress
enacted Section 1502 because of concerns that the exploitation and trade of
conflict minerals by armed groups is helping to finance conflict in the DRC
region and is contributing to an emergency humanitarian crisis.
VPOR-100) All articles delivered under this Purchase Order
must be in compliance with the requirements of DFARS 252.225-7014. Alt. 1 which
states in part that specialty metals incorporated into articles delivered be melted in the United States or a "qualifying
country" within the meaning of the Regulation.
VPOR-101) This is a rated order DO-A2 for National
Defense use and you are required to follow all the provisions of the defense
priorities and allocation systems regulation 15 CFR 700.
VPOR-102) All articles
delivered under this Purchase Order must be in compliance with RoHS
(Restriction of Use of Hazardous Substances) regulations limit or ban specific
substances.
VPOR-103) Product is for Rolls-Royce
"End Use"
VPOR-104) Product is for PWA "End
Use"
VPOR-105) Product is for GE "End
Use"
VPOR-106) Product is for Raytheon
"End Use"
VPOR-107) Product is for Goodrich
"End Use"
VPOR-110) Product end use is “Un-Known”
VPOR-120) Pressure retaining use. Mill producing material must be approved by
ATS. Approved Mills can be viewed at: ATS
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