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AS 9120
Distributors buy and resell aerospace commodity items such as raw materials, fasteners, bearings, paints, coatings and gaskets, just to name a few. While not adding value to these products, distributors directly affect product performance if they fail to handle parts and materials properly, or lose a part's traceability from OEM to customer.
AS9120 - Quality Management Systems - Aerospace Requirements for Stockist Distributors - was developed for pass-through distributors of aerospace commodity items. This standard addresses chain of custody, traceability, control and availability of records.
The standard addresses requirements that distributors must focus on to ensure that only approved, conforming parts make their way into the supply chain. In recent years the concern of "black market" or "counterfeit" parts has reached heightened levels. AS9120 includes requirements that effectively implemented, would help a distributor minimize the risk of such activity.
100 additional requirements
Based on ISO 9001:2000, but with nearly 100 additional requirements specific to aerospace distributors, AS9120 provides suppliers with a comprehensive quality system focused on areas directly impacting product safety and reliability including:
- Splitting - Specific requirements for batch splitting and lot splitting, and how conformance to specification is maintained.
- Airworthiness certificates - Defines the documents issued by cognizant civil aviation authorities that certifies that parts meet the required airworthiness requirements.
- Control of records - Record requirements differ significantly for distributors of aerospace product. AS9120 defines those requirements.
- Traceability - Defines specific requirements for traceability from receipt until delivery.
- Evidence of Conformance - Specific documents are required by distributors as evidence of conformance. AS9120 defines those requirements.
