RIX Industries Flow Downs

12/11/2015

Description:

FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION AND BOEING FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION

Clause:

Seller shall perform First Article Inspections (FAI) in accordance with AS/EN/SJAC 9102, Aerospace First Article Inspection Requirement. FAI is required for unique single run production orders not intended for on-going production, regardless of exclusion in AS9102 (section 1.3 Applicability). Buyer reserves the right to conduct surveillance of the Seller’s FAI, referred to as Boeing First Article Inspection (BFAI). BFAI may include in-process inspections to be accomplished during performance of the Seller’s FAI. When a BFAI is required, Seller will be notified via the Supplier Quality supplier data system. Seller shall coordinate and schedule BFAI activity with the Buyer’s Supplier Quality Representative (SQR) prior to start of related procurement, manufacturing, and/or processing. In the event a BFAI of the Seller’s FAI is scheduled, supplier shall make available to the Buyer’s SQR the following: 1. Applicable purchase document, material/process certifications, manufacturing and inspection records; including inspection plans developed to identify progressive inspection checkpoints for the FAI as a result of coordination and planning with Buyer’s SQR. 2. Applicable Design Data 3. Applicable material review actions 4. Applicable acceptance and qualification test results 5. Applicable record(s) of Boeing approval for non-Boeing drawing and test procedures