Supplier Quality Requirements

 
INTRODUCTION TO OUR REQUIREMENTS:

Profile Precision Extrusions supplies extrusions & parts for a variety of industries including but not limited to Aerospace, Medical, Automotive, Recreational and Firearms industries. It is not only their customers, but the end user’s health and safety should be considered when processing orders.

Profile Precision Extrusion extends our Supplier Quality Requirements as a method of communication to our external providers and our expected requirements for Supplier Quality.

Profile orders will include communicate our requirements for:

  • The process, products, and services to be provided including the identification of relevant technical data (e.g., specifications, drawings, process requirements, work instructions); Competence, including any required qualifications of persons.

SUPPLIER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS:

Acceptance of any Profile Purchase Order(s) constitutes acknowledgement and acceptance of the requirements expressed within this document.

Suppliers shall ensure that all members of their organization and their supply chain are aware of their contribution to product and/or service conformity. Additionally, all members of their organization and supply chain must be aware of their contribution to product safety, the industries that we serve and the importance of ethical behavior.

Furthermore, Profile conducts its business according to ethical behavior, respect for people, safety and environmental compliant to federal and state laws and expects the very same from its suppliers and their supply chain.

  1. QUALITY SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
    • Suppliers shall develop and maintain quality management systems that provide for continuous improvement and assure that all products and services provided to Profile shall meet all stated requirements. The supplier’s quality management system shall be certified compliant to current revisions of ISO 9001, AS9100, IATF 16949, ISO 13485, ISO 17025, or NADCAP as applicable, or have an approved supplier survey on file accordingly meeting Profile Precision Extrusions set forth procedure.
  2. INFORMATION
    1. Documents and records provided to Profile to/from Supplier.
    2. Required document and specification revision levels shall be communicated to the supplier from Profile within the contents of the Purchase Order documents.Any Profile supplied drawings and specifications shall be considered uncontrolled and supplier shall ensure that the correct corresponding drawings and specifications are in use when furnishing material to a Profile purchase order.
    3. Supplier shall have established procedures to ensure that quality records are maintained for a minimum of (10) years, unless otherwise specified.
    4. Quality records consist of those which demonstrate conformity of the process and resultant material to specifications and the effective operation of the quality management system.
    5. Technical data designated ITAR shall be protected from any export, intentional or otherwise, including email to persons who are not United States citizens per the regulations set forth in 15 C.F.R, §701, 730-774, the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic In Arms Regulations.
    6. Records shall be made available to Profile within (2) business days of the request.
  3. REQUIREMENTS FLOW DOWN
    1. Suppliers shall flow down all applicable purchase order requirements, including customer approval requirements and any key characteristics through their supply chain.
    2. When identified on a Profile purchase order (PO), all Federal Government Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) ratings shall be enforced and flowed down throughout the supply chain per 15 C.F.R. §700.
  4. FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE/DEBRIS
    1. Suppliers shall establish and maintain procedures and practices in compliance to FOD AS9146 or similar to control & eliminate foreign object damage and/or debris, including machining by-products, dirt, packaging material, other parts, tools, abrasive media, etc.
    2. Packaging and labeling for shipment shall meet all purchase order requirements and be clearly identified with. In the absence of any other instructions, packaging must comply with applicable requirements defined in 49 C.F.R. §178.
  5. SUPPLIER CONTROL
    1. Supplier Risk is managed by a rating system using the following categories of expectations:
    1. Quality Management System – suppliers are expected to continually improve and maintain a satisfactory QMS
    2. Delivery to Promised Date – suppliers are expected to deliver products and services 100% on-time per their commitment
    3. Delivery to Requested Date – suppliers are expected to maintain capacity and productivity to meet the requested delivery dates for Profile and their customers a minimum of 90% of the time
    4. Depth of Delay from Promised Date – suppliers are expected to reduce the impact of any late shipment by limiting the days in which it is overdue/backordered to < 5 working days.
    5. Order Accuracy/Paperwork Quality – supplied paperwork, certifications, batch traceability, revision levels are expected to be 100% accurate to all Purchase Order requirements.
    6. Control and monitoring your external providers.
    7. Verification and validation activities performance to be applied by your organization.
    8. The approval of products and services including methods, process, equipment,release of products and services.
    9. Delivery Quality – goods and services are expected to have zero defects, meet 100% of the quality requirements.
    10. Non -Conformance- notify Profile of non-conforming processes, products, or services, and obtain approval for their disposition.
    11. Right of access – provide right of access to Profile , their customer, and regulatory authorities to the applicable areas of the facilities and to applicable documented information, at any level of the supply chain.

SQR 7.4.2 Rev.A