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Quality Management System•Home • Services • Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000 Controlled consistency of manufactured products Managed productivity and efficiency, controlling costs Competitive advantage and increased marketing and sales opportunities. Improved customer perception of the organization’s image, culture and performance. Improved communications, morale and job satisfaction – staff understand what is expected of them and each other. TL 9000 The TL-9000 is a quality management system standard (QMS) defined specifically by and for the telecommunications industry. It standardizes the quality system requirements for the design, development, delivery, installation, and maintenance of telecommunication products and services. It also defines the performance metrics required to measure the progress and results of its implementation. The TL-9000, which was based on the ISO-9000 Standard, was conceptualized in 1996 at the Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications (QuEST) Leadership Forum, was drafted starting in 1998, and was introduced to the industry in 1999. The goal of this entire initiative was to create a consistent set of quality system requirements that would apply to more than 10,000 telecommunications suppliers worldwide. TL 9000 defines the telecommunications quality management system requirements for the design, development, production, delivery, installation, and maintenance of products and services. It also provides a measurement system that, when implemented, allows a company to track performance and improve results. TL 9000 supports three distinct certifications: TL 9000-HW for hardware, TL 9000-SW for software, and TL 9000-SV for services. TL 9000 registrations can cover hardware, software, services, or any combination thereof. Registration may also include an entire company, an organizational unit, a facility, or even a specific product line as mutually agreed by the supplier and the registrar. AS 9100 AS9100 defines additional areas within an aerospace quality management system that must be addressed when implementing an ISO 9001:2000-based quality system. Typically, these requirements are included within robust aerospace quality systems. The industry experts who wrote the standard and the representatives who approved it all agree that these additions are essential to ensure product, process and service safety and quality. All quality systems must be designed to meet the specific needs of the users. And although AS9100 identifies areas to address within the aerospace industry, system designers are encouraged to first establish a robust quality system that's both effective and efficient. This system should be a holistic entity with practices spanning multiple functions and processes within the business. The AS9100 standard provides guidance for managing variation when a "key characteristic" is identified. Keys are features of a material, process or part in which the variation has a significant influence on product fit, performance, service life or manufacturability. AS9100 requires that an organization establish and document a configuration management process. Planning product realization is essential for effective and efficient processes. The standard emphasizes planning for in-process verification when a product can't be verified at a later point. Tooling design must also be considered when process control methodology is used to ensure that process data will be captured. The AS9100 standard includes extensive supplementation in design-and-development functions. This isn't surprising given the complexity of aerospace products and customers' expectations for reliable performance during a protracted period of time. |


