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The AS 9100 standard 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.
AS 9100 replaced 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.
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 AS 9000. Upon the
release of AS9000, companies such as
Boeing discontinued use of their
previous quality supplements in
preference to compliance to AS 9000.
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, AS 9000 underwent a rewrite as
well. It was released as AS 9100 to the
international aerospace industry at the
same time as the new version of ISO
9000.
AS9100 is currently at Rev B.
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