AS9100-D Purchase Terms

This document describes the supplier's requirements necessary to satisfy AS9100-D.  These terms and conditions apply to all suppliers and/or manufacturing services determined by Lake County Tool Works North, Inc. to directly affect the quality of product we supply to our aerospace customers by:

•  implementing a quality management system;

•  use customer-designated or approved external providers, including process sources (e.g., special processes);

•  notify the organization of nonconforming processes, products, or services and obtain approval for their disposition;

•  prevent the use of counterfeit parts (see 8.1.4);

•  notify the organization of changes to processes, products, or services, including changes of their external providers or location of manufacture, and obtain the organization's approval;

•  flow down to external providers applicable requirements including customer requirements;

•  provide test specimens for design approval, inspection verification, investigation or auditing;

•  retain documented information, including retention periods and disposition requirements;

a.   the right of access by the organization, their customer, and regulatory authorities to the applicable areas of facilities and to applicable documented information, at any level of the supply chain;

b.   ensuring that persons are aware of:

- their contribution to product or service conformity;

- their contribution to product safety;

- the importance of ethical behavior.