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For organizations within the aerospace sector, certification to the AS9100 family of standards—including AS9110 for aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) organizations; and AS9120 for aerospace warehouse and distribution operations—is a necessity for doing business. However, it’s also an opportunity to strengthen the inherent quality of the products and services that these companies offer to their customers.

With that in mind, it’s valuable to see how the language of the latest version of the standard, AS9100 Revision D (released in fall 2016) reflects changes in thinking about aerospace quality since the advent of Revision C in 2009. Let’s take a closer look.

Product safety

The importance of safety in product development and implementation has always been inherent in AS9100, but it jumps up in importance in Revision D through the addition of subclause 8.1.3—“Product Safety.” The clause reads:

“The organization shall plan, implement, and control the processes needed to assure product safety during the entire product life cycle, as appropriate to the organization and the product.

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