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AAQGRegistrar Management Committee
(RMC)SAE AS9104/AIR5359 OVERSIGHT RMC
Procedure 102 REV 5 Changes
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Overview Topics

• AAQG RMC Surveillance Team
• AS9104 Oversight Criteria
• IAQG Member
• Oversight of Accreditation Body (AB)
  Certification Body (CB)
• RMC 102 Rev 5 Change Summary
• AAQG Member Roles Responsibilities
• AAQG Member Reporting Requirements
• Summary

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AAQG RMC Surveillance Team

• Team Members
• Tim Lee, Lead The Boeing Company
• Randy Dougherty ANAB
• Lori Scheid ANAB
• Reg Blake BSI, America Inc.
• Guy Johansen UTC
• Jay Park Northrop
• David Stevens Rolls Royce
• Luiz Brandao Embraer
• Note The above surveillance team members may be
  used as a resource to answer questions regarding
  the AAQG RMC Oversight process or AAQG RMC
  Procedure 102 Rev 5.

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AS9104 Oversight Criteria

• AAQG RMC 102 was updated to ensure conformance
  to AS9104 - Requirements for Aerospace Quality
  Management System Certification/Registrations
  Programs.
• AS9104, Section 6.4.f
• The CRB shall agree to periodic surveillance and
  witness audits by the ABs and by IAQG sectors.
  ABs shall conduct annual witness audits of CRBs
  holding AQMS accreditation. IAQG member companies
  shall perform oversight of CRBs used by their
  suppliers and report results to the SMS as
  established in each sector.
• AS9104, Section 9.2
• The SMS shall perform oversight of ABs
  participating in AQMS qualification of CRBs by
  the following as a minimum
• a. Annual review of AB oversight activity of
  CRBs participating in AQMS programs.
• b. Annual onsite office assessment of AB.
• c. Annual witness audit of at least one AQMS
  accreditation or surveillance audit of a CRB.
• NOTE SMS may perform the above witness audit
  with applicable AB as a part of the combined
  oversight visit as mentioned in 10.9 NOTE.

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AS9104 Oversight Criteria

• AS9104, Section 10.6
• Member companies of IAQG sectors will perform
  oversight of CRBs used by their suppliers and
  report results to the SMS, as necessary.
• NOTE Member companies of IAQG sectors may
  choose to participate in a shared CRB oversight
  process. This process should be documented and
  managed by the respective SMS.
• AS9104 Section 10.9
• The SMS shall perform oversight on
  participating CRBs by
• a. Annual onsite office assessment at each CRB
• b. Witness at least one audit of an AQMS
  standard by the CRB at a supplier.
• NOTE SMS may choose to utilize the data
  generated by the shared CRB oversight process
  referenced in Section 10.6 to meet these
  requirements. It is recommended, whenever
  possible, that SMS combine this oversight with
  ABs office and witness audits of CRBs defined in
  Section 10.5.

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AAQG RMC 102 Rev 4, June 2005

• Purpose/Scope
• The purpose of this procedure is to document the
  process for oversight of the SAE AS9104/AIR5359
  program for registration of aerospace quality
  systems. This process will be implemented by
  participating AAQG Member Companies,
  Accreditation Bodies (AB) and Certification
  Bodies (CB) in the Americas to establish a shared
  and consistent process to meet the requirements
  of the Aerospace Standard AS9104, Requirements
  for Aerospace Quality Management System
  Certification/Registrations Programs and SAE
  AIR5359, Requirements for Certification/Registrat
  ion of Aerospace Quality Management Systems.
• Summary of Changes
• Update to reference and include AS9104 Oversight
  Criteria
• AB Witness Audit
• Witness Audit is Observation Only
• Updated references in the audit tools
• Updated Witness Audit Check Sheet
• Incorporate ISO 19011 criteria
• Additional details
• Added AAQG Member Requirement
• Missed RMC Assessments will be rescheduled

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Roles Responsibilities

• AAQG Member Representative AB Office Audit
• The AAQG Member Representative shall take the
  lead role during any AB office assessment.
• AAQG Member Representative CRB Office Audit
• The AB Assessment Team Leader and AAQG Member
  Representative will cooperate to meet the
  objectives of the joint team assessment. These
  activities may include review of additional CRBs
  AS9100 registration files and AS9100 auditor
  files needed to ensure that adequate emphasis is
  placed on AS9104/AIR5359 compliance during the
  CRB Office joint team assessment.
• AAQG Member Representative CRB Witness Audit
• The AAQG Member Representative shall not
  influence the CB and/or AB audit team during the
  audit conduct portion of the witness audit. The
  role when witnessing is one of observation only.
  Feedback to the audit team will occur upon
  conclusion of the clients assessment. (e.g., AB
  audit team debriefing).

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Roles Responsibilities

• AAQG Member Representative Reporting
• Upon completion of any joint team assessment
  activity the AAQG Member Representative shall
  complete an RMC 102 Joint Team Assessment Summary
  Report contained in Appendix 7. The report will
  be forwarded to the AB and become a part of the
  ABs audit report to the CRB.
• AAQG Member Representative Complaint Process
• The complaint process in AAQG RMC 102, Appendix
  6 should be utilized if any unresolved issues
  arise between the AB and AAQG Member Company
  during Joint Team Assessment activity.

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Summary

• The changes to RMC 102 Rev 5 will ensure
  conformance to AS9104.
• Having well trained and knowledgeable AB and AAQG
  Member Representatives will ensure success.
• Defined roles and responsibilities will encourage
  a team approach.
• Coordination and planning of Joint Team
  Assessment activity is crucial to success.