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AS9100 is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. It was introduced to the Society of Automotive Engineers in the Americas and the European Association of Aerospace Industries in Europe in October 1999 by aerospace.

AS9100 to replace the earlier AS9000 and fully incorporates the entirety of the current version of ISO 9000, while adding additional requirements relating to quality and safety. All major aerospace manufacturers and suppliers worldwide require compliance and/or registration to AS9100 as a condition of doing business with them.

History

Prior to the adoption of an aerospace specific quality standard, noted that various corporations typically used ISO 9000 and their own complementary quality documentation/requirements, such as Boeing’s D1-9000 or the automotive Q standard. This created a patchwork of competing requirements that were difficult to enforce and/or comply with. The major American aerospace manufacturers combined their efforts to create a single, unified quality standard, resulting in AS9000. Upon the release of AS9000, companies such as Boeing discontinued use of their previous quality supplements in preference to compliance to AS9000.

During the rewrite of ISO 9000 for the year 2000 release, The AS group worked closely with the ISO organization. As the year 2000 revision of ISO 9000 incorporated major organizational and philosophical changes, AS9000 underwent a rewrite as well. It was released as AS9100 to the international aerospace industry at the same time as the new version of ISO 9000.

AS9100 is currently at Rev B.

See also

  • AS9000

External links

  • Quality Digest Article on AS9100
  • NIST Overview
  • Online AS9100 Tutorial

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