Advanced Quality Systems at the Boeing Company
ADVANCED QUALITY SYSTEMS (AQS) The Boeing Company D1-9000
D1-9000 is the Boeing Company document that addresses their internal and supplier quality system and the approach to continuous improvement. D1-9000 establishes the following requirements for Boeing and their suppliers:
Basic Quality System
Advanced Quality System (AQS)
AQS Tools
Supplier Quality Rating
Basic Quality System Requirements
Boeing and their suppliers are to establish and maintain written procedures and flow charts defining their quality control system. Product quality is the responsibility of engineering and manufacturing; quality control and quality assurance is to assist design and manufacturing to ensure product conformance.
Boeing periodically reviews internal and supplier procedures. The following list reflects the minimum elements that a supplier’s Quality Assurance function is expected to document and implement:
1. Procedures
2. Records
3. Manufacturing Quality Control
4. Training
5. Drawings, Digital Media, and Specifications
6. Proprietary Designs
7. Procurement by the Supplier
8. Inspection Stamps
9. Measurement and Test Equipment
10. Tooling
11. Inspection Methods
12. Functional Tests
13. Shipping
14. Quality Audit Program
15. Authority and Responsibility of Boeing Quality Representatives.
Advanced Quality System (AQS)
The attached process flow for AQS reveals the major thrust for the Boeing AQS, i.e. the systematic reduction of variation in key characteristics (KC). Boeing may provide the key characteristics to their suppliers via specifications, control drawings, CAD/CAM, etc. or the suppliers may be responsible for providing the KC themselves.
The Control Plan is the essential document in identifying, tracking and recording KC, gage or measurement variation and process variation. A study of the AQS Process Flow indicates that appropriate selection of control charts is a necessary step in measuring and reducing variation. The function
D1-9000 is the Boeing Company document that addresses their internal and supplier quality system and the approach to continuous improvement. D1-9000 establishes the following requirements for Boeing and their suppliers:
Basic Quality System
Advanced Quality System (AQS)
AQS Tools
Supplier Quality Rating
Basic Quality System Requirements
Boeing and their suppliers are to establish and maintain written procedures and flow charts defining their quality control system. Product quality is the responsibility of engineering and manufacturing; quality control and quality assurance is to assist design and manufacturing to ensure product conformance.
Boeing periodically reviews internal and supplier procedures. The following list reflects the minimum elements that a supplier’s Quality Assurance function is expected to document and implement:
1. Procedures
2. Records
3. Manufacturing Quality Control
4. Training
5. Drawings, Digital Media, and Specifications
6. Proprietary Designs
7. Procurement by the Supplier
8. Inspection Stamps
9. Measurement and Test Equipment
10. Tooling
11. Inspection Methods
12. Functional Tests
13. Shipping
14. Quality Audit Program
15. Authority and Responsibility of Boeing Quality Representatives.
Advanced Quality System (AQS)
The attached process flow for AQS reveals the major thrust for the Boeing AQS, i.e. the systematic reduction of variation in key characteristics (KC). Boeing may provide the key characteristics to their suppliers via specifications, control drawings, CAD/CAM, etc. or the suppliers may be responsible for providing the KC themselves.
The Control Plan is the essential document in identifying, tracking and recording KC, gage or measurement variation and process variation. A study of the AQS Process Flow indicates that appropriate selection of control charts is a necessary step in measuring and reducing variation. The function