Supplier Quality Assurance Self-Assessment Audit

If your company is ISO9000 or QS9000 Certified, please fill out the top three sections and submit a copy of your certification via email, postal mail or fax.

Certifications

ISO9000

QS9000

Please scroll to the bottom and hit the "Submit" button when complete.

Contact Information

Name:*

Title:*

Email Address:*

Company Name:*

Street Address:

City:

State (USA and Canada):

Zip Code:

Phone:*

Fax:

Your Company Web Site:

Parent Company (if applicable):

Number of Plants:

Total Employees:

Total Employees In Quality:

Products Supplied:

Name and Email Address for the following:

Purchasing Contact:

Email Address:

Quality Contact:

Email Address:

Scoring Guidelines

Each of the following questions is worth a maximum of 5 points.
Ratings should be given based on the following:

0 - Do not comply with requirement, no plans to in future.
1 - Do not comply at this time, plan established to comply in the future.
2 - Comply with requirement but do not have substantiating documentation.
3 - Comply with requirement, some substantiating documentation exists, but can be improved.
4 - Comply with requirement, have all substantiating documentation.
5 - Exceeds requirements.

Minimum score of 100 = Conditional supplier (May require additional controls and/or documentation to provide parts to QCI).

Score of 126 or higher = Approved or potentially approved supplier.

A.)	Administrative	Points
1.)	Does a Quality Control Manual exist?
2.)	Is the Quality Control Manual available to all production employees?
3.)	Is the distribution and revision of the manual controlled?
4.)	Are there indicators that show management support and approval of the quality program?
5.)	Does your system follow any of the following system guidelines: MIL-Q-45208, MIL-STD-9858A, other?

B.)	Drawing and Change Control	Points
1.)	Are controls in effect to assure applicable engineering drawings, change notices, and specifications are in use by production employees?
2.)	Does the system prevent the use of marked up, obsolete or illegible drawings and specs?
3.)	Is a history file maintained for each drawing?
4.)	Is there a procedure to assure that customer specifications reach appropriate personnel?
5.)	Is there a procedure to notify customers of any process changes which may affect the performance of a product?

C.)	Procurement Control	Points
1.)	Does a procedure exist for certifying suppliers?
2.)	Is there a procedure for selecting suppliers?
3.)	Are rejects of purchased parts segregated, documented, and returned to supplier for corrective action?
4.)	Is there a formal corrective action system to correct problems with suppliers?

D.)	Incoming Inspection	Points
1.)	Is there a formalized incoming inspection program?
2.)	Are records maintained of incoming inspection?
3.)	Is incoming inspection material identified as to acceptance or rejection status?
4.)	Do controls exist that prevent rejected material from entering into stock or being used for production?

E.)	Non-Conforming Material Control	Points
1.)	Is there a written procedure that states the disposition and required follow up of defective material?
2.)	Is disposition of non-conforming material made by the appropriate personnel?
3.)	Is non-conforming material properly identified and segregated from good material?
4.)	Is there evidence of corrective action taken to prevent recurring problems?

F.)	Gage & Test Equipment Control	Points
1.)	Is there a written procedure for control of all test and measurement equipment? Does it meet the requirements of MIL-I-45662?
2.)	Do gages and test equipment have stickers or equivalent method of indicating calibration status & due date?
3.)	Are records maintained that show calibration has been performed on a regular basis and that all equipment found out of spec was recalibrated?

G.)	In Process Control	Points
1.)	Are work instructions, operations sheets available to all production personnel and are they up to date?
2.)	Does any type of formal training exist for operators on critically skilled jobs?
3.)	Is rework and scrap tracked to identify problem areas and implement corrective actions?
4.)	Do all work instructions and operations sheets match customer print or specification revisions?
5.)	Is first piece inspection performed for all set ups and changes in material, etc.?

H.)	Statistical Process Control	Points
1.)	Does top management support and understand SPC?
2.)	Have production and supervisory personnel, including top management been given training in SPC?
3.)	Are you capable of providing QCI with SPC data for each lot of material produced?
4.)	Are machine capability studies conducted prior to approval for use on production runs?
5.)	Are statistical techniques used for cost reductions, quality improvements and process improvements?

I.)	Packaging and Shipping	Points
1.)	Are work instructions or customer specifications available to shipping?
2.)	Is packing, identification, and labeling audited?

J.)	Returned Goods	Points
1.)	Is there a formal method for being alerted to problems in the field?
2.)	Does a person or team exist that is responsible for analyzing field failures?
3.)	Are corrective actions taken to prevent recurrence of problems associated with field failures?