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AS9100 Supplier Quality and Counterfeit Part Prevention: Controlling Risk Across a Multi-Tier Aerospace Supply Chain
Picture a receiving inspector at a Tier 2 aerospace machine shop. A lot of corrosion-resistant fasteners arrives from a distributor the buyer approved two years earlier. The certificate of conformance looks complete, the packaging looks right, and the shipment landed on time after three late deliveries. Under schedule pressure, the lot moves to stock. Six […]
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AS9100 and the Aerospace Supply Chain: Managing Multi-Tier Quality Risk
An aircraft structural bracket typically passes through four or five organizations before it reaches final assembly: a raw material mill, a forging house, a machining shop, a specialty coating supplier, and finally the tier-one integrator. Each handoff is an opportunity for a defect, a documentation gap, or a counterfeit component to enter the chain undetected. […]
