AS 9120 Aerospace Certification
To ensure safety, quality and reliability in the aviation, space and defence industries, distributors must commit to effective quality management systems.
AS 9120 is intended for pass-through distributors of aerospace items and components to address chain of custody, traceability, control and availability of records. The latest version, AS9120 Rev B (2016), meets the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, supplementing additional industry-specific requirements
Key Benefits
Improve Your Business
AS 9120 helps distributors provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements.
Gain a Competitive Advantage
Compliance with AS 9100 can identify opportunities to enhance customer satisfaction.
Trust Your Supply Chain
AS 9120-compliant distributors can be trusted to deliver high-quality products and services that are safe and reliable.
Meet Compliance Requirements
Many aviation industry companies require suppliers to demonstrate conformity to specified QMS requirements.
What Is It?
The aerospace industry is global and highly diverse. Organisations must maintain visibility and control over products, services and supply chains at all levels of maturity.
The AS 9120 Aviation, Space and Defence Distributors Quality Standard enables distributors to establish globally recognised quality management systems. It provides an effective framework to assist with establishing practices and procedures to ensure safe and reliable operations.
Scope
AS 9120 specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organisation needs to provide products and services, or enhance customer satisfaction, in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
Context of the Organisation
The organisation must understand the external and internal factors that may affect its ability to achieve the desired results.
Leadership
Leadership is critical to a quality management system’s success, requiring visible commitment, clear communication and a strong customer focus.
Planning
Planning must address quality objectives; risks and opportunities; and change management.
Support
The organisation must ensure it has sufficient resources, competence, awareness, communication and documented information to successfully implement a quality management system.
Operation
Operational planning and control includes determining requirements and processes, managing risk and ensuring safety.
Performance Evaluation
The organisation must determine what is to be monitored, how and when it will be measured and how the results will be analysed.
Improvement
AS 9120 requires a commitment to continuous improvement, managing nonconformities, enhancing customer satisfatction and taking corrective action when required.
The True Cost of Quality
According to a recent SAI Global survey, almost 25% of organisations do not have a system or method to track the actual costs of their operations.