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articles:as9100d_product_safety [2022/03/18 06:01] – [What should you "really" do to address "Product Safety"?] rrandallarticles:as9100d_product_safety [2022/03/18 07:00] (current) – [What should you "really" do to address "Product Safety"?] rrandall
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-AS9100 is so poorly written that IAQG should be embarrassed. And the presentation from the [[https://iaqg.org/|IAQG (International Aerospace Quality Group)]] [[https://iaqg.org/tools/scmh/|SCMH (Supply Chain Management Handbook)]] titled "SCMH-3.9.2-Product Safety Awareness Guidance" (Rev. B, Dated-29SEP2021) inappropriately expands the scope of AS9100 from //Quality// into //Safety//! To make "product safety" an all-encompassing requirement requires a broader view of the term. In reality, the primary responsibility for realization of a "safe" product resides with the Design/Engineering function (8.3). The manufacturing function can only verify that they manufacture the product in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Design/Engineering function (which is the definition of "quality"... defined by ISO 9001:2015 as the "degree to which a set of inherent characteristics of an object fulfills requirements). If the design of a product is flawed (unsafe), and manufacturing produces a product that conforms with the Engineering specifications, the manufacturing function typically has no knowledge of the design defect.+AS9100 is so poorly written that IAQG should be embarrassed. And the presentation from the [[https://iaqg.org/|IAQG (International Aerospace Quality Group)]] [[https://iaqg.org/tools/scmh/|SCMH (Supply Chain Management Handbook)]] titled "SCMH-3.9.2-Product Safety Awareness Guidance" (Rev. B, Dated-29SEP2021) inappropriately expands the scope of AS9100 from //Quality// into //Safety// (which is a word not defined by IAQG or ISO, but is defined by IEC 8000-1:2010 as: "//freedom from unacceptable risk of physical injury or damage to the health of people or damage to property or the environment//")! To make "product safety" an all-encompassing requirement requires a broader view of the term. In reality, the primary responsibility for realization of a "safe" product resides with the Design/Engineering function (8.3). The manufacturing function can only verify that they manufacture the product in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Design/Engineering function (which is the definition of "quality"... as defined by ISO 9001:2015 as the "//degree to which a set of inherent characteristics of an object fulfills requirements//"). If the design of a product is flawed (unsafe), and manufacturing produces a product that conforms with the Engineering specifications, the manufacturing function typically has no knowledge of the design defect.
  
 Walter Sam O’Connor, Vice President - Technical Services for the [[https://www.aviationsuppliers.org|Aviation Suppliers Association (ASA)]], provides a presentation on how to ensure "product safety" (focusing on AS9100/AS9110/AS9120):  Walter Sam O’Connor, Vice President - Technical Services for the [[https://www.aviationsuppliers.org|Aviation Suppliers Association (ASA)]], provides a presentation on how to ensure "product safety" (focusing on AS9100/AS9110/AS9120):