Specification EB2678

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Specification EB2678

• Quality Control Requirements for Procured
  Materials

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EB2678

• Required in virtually every purchase order
  through
• Standard Clause 60-29 or
• EB Specifications in the applicable document
  section
• Guaranteed quality audit topics

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Why Imposed on Suppliers?

• Dept of Navy imposes requirements on Electric
  Boat in the form of material control documents
• NAVSEA 0900-070-6010
• NAVSEA 0948-LP-045-7010
• Electric Boat required by Navy to pass these
  quality requirements on to suppliers through
  procurement documents
• Compilation of requirements EB2678 defines
  level of quality expected from suppliers

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Document Structure - Overview

• Base document Quality Control requirements for
  all products
• Appendix A Additional Level 1 Material QA
  Requirements
• Appendix B Contract Compliance Awareness of
  Malpractice Prevention
• Appendix C Glossary
• Appendix D Notice for Reporting Malpractice or
  Fraud Falsification
• Electric Boat expects these topics be addressed
  in supplier procedures, internally audited, and
  flowed down to subtier suppliers if appropriate

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Base Document Addresses

• Submittal of VIRs VPARs SCAR
• VIRs electronic SPARS system submittal
  disposition
• Interpretation, contract change, conflict,
  requirement waiver
• Must be registered with EB for SPARS system usage
• VPAR customer approval of special processes
• Obtain approval prior to performance
• SCAR response
• Provide constructive root cause, corrective
  action, and preventive action for a nonconforming
  condition
• Topics will be discussed further in related
  modules

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Base Document Addresses (contd.)

• Documentation Objective Quality Evidence (OQE)
• Substantiate conformance to purchase order
• Contains numerous important details
• Designate and document authorized signers for the
  supplier
• Correction to documents
• Record retention and destruction
• VIR approval for electronic signatures

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Base Document Addresses (contd.)

• Drawing Specification Control
• Must comply with purchase order revision level
  even if obsolete, discontinued, or otherwise
  unavailable
• Submit VIR if necessary
• Change to Design or Service
• Definition of design changes
• VIR submittal requirement

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Base Document Addresses (contd.)

• Material Control
• Addresses Level N and Level 1 material
• Subtier flowdown and controls for material
• Identification must be maintained
• Change of mechanical properties
• Retest and unique reidentification
• DFAR requirements
• Further Level 1 requirements in Appendix A

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Base Document Addresses (contd.)

• Non-conforming Material Control
• Waiver EB only VIR submittal
• Proprietary design Paragraph 4 test
• Include root cause and preventive action
• Include VIR copy with certification
• Manufacturing Special Processes
• Standard clause, drawing, or specification
• VPAR approval PRIOR to performance

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Base Document Addresses (contd.)

• EBSI GSI at supplier facility
• Right of entry supplier and subtier
• Provide assistance and MTE
• Corrective Action System
• Internal and external program (RC, CA, PA)
• Audits
• Internal and external program

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Appendix A for Level 1 Materials Discusses

• General requirements for quality inspection
  systems
• Compliance with documented inspection/quality
  system identified in SC60-5, 60-19, or 60-58
• Flowdown of EB purchase order requirements to
  subtiers discussed further during another
  module
• Material identification control
• Include requirements in Flowdown to subtiers
• Quality representative review of PO for Level
  1product
• Receipt inspection to ensure compliance with
  detailed purchase order and specification
  requirements
• Suggest checklist for review of test report
  contents

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Appendix A for Level 1 Materials Discusses
(continued)

• Raw material storage and physical segregation
• By alloy type, grade, condition
• Ensure every piece of material is identified
• Segregate nonconforming material
• Ensure proper discipline and control within
  procedures and by personnel

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Appendix A for Level 1 Materials Discusses
(continued)

• Material traceability throughout all processing,
  including all outsourcing.
• Initiate and maintain written procedure.
• Note requirements when
• mechanical properties change note that this
  requirement is discussed numerous times
• marking is removed
• marking is lost need for procedure and
  reporting to EB
• Maintenance of ALL records
• Documentation trail from melt of raw materials
  through shipment of final product

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Appendix A for Level 1 Materials Discusses
(continued)

• Heat treat documentation records
• Supplier is responsible for performance by all
  subtiers including heat treaters and the required
  documentation
• Annotated charts, re-identification, re-testing
• See Par 8.2.b.) for certification traceability
  requirements in both directions
• Finished product requirements
• Supplier verify all purchase order notes,
  standard clauses, specifications, drawings have
  been satisfied
• Ensure physical identification marking is correct
• Ensure documentation is available and correct
• Electric Boat Source Inspection must verify all
  purchase order requirements for Level 1 product
  and services

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Appendices B D Purpose

• Need for purchase order compliance and awareness
  of malpractice prevention
• Not intended to be punitive but rather
  informative and to help keep honest people honest
• Suggest new hire orientation and periodic
  reminders to employees of the need to be aware
  and alert to malpractice prevention
• EB strongly recommends this information be an
  internal program and a Flowdown to subtiers

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Appendix C

• Glossary of terms related to processing of
  purchase orders for Electric Boat

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