SUPPLIER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE CLAUSES
RIGHT OF ENTRY Revised
Oct 1st, 2010
All work and material under this
contract shall be subject to inspection and test by Forrest Machining, Inc.
(FMI) or its customer(s) at any point during the manufacturing or processing
sequence(s).
If any inspection or test is
performed by FMI or its customer(s) at the supplier and/or sub-tier, the
supplier shall provide the necessary facilities, equipment and assistance for
the safety and convenience of FMI or its customer(s) inspectors/auditors in the
performance of their duties.
QUALITY ASSURANCE CLAUSES
QUALITY ASSURANCE CLAUSES #1-8 SHOWN BELOW ARE STANDARD PURCHASE ORDER
CLAUSES AND ARE IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS
PURCHASE ORDER.
1. CERTIFICATION: Supplier / Vendor
shall provide a "Certificate of Conformance" that material and / or articles
meet all provisions of the FMI Purchase Order including the latest
specification revisions and applicable change orders or deviations. Certifications must accompany each delivery
against the purchase order and must contain as a minimum the following:
·
Purchase
Order Number.
·
Part
Number and Revision.
·
A
statement that the materials/processes conform to the applicable
specifications.
·
Signature
of authorized agent and title.
2. INSPECTION SYSTEM: Unless otherwise
specified on the Purchase Order, the Supplier/Vendor shall have an adequate
inspection system for maintaining control of materials/products
fabricated/manufactured in your facility.
Calibration procedures must meet, as a minimum, the requirements of
ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 & ISO 10012-1 or MIL-STD-45662. Vendor/Supplier shall have an established
Quality program or inspection system whose procedures are in accordance with a AS9100 Compliant System.
Supplier's / Vendor's inspection system may be periodically audited by FMI
and/or by its customers.
3. Articles or Materials shall be
manufactured or produced in accordance with applicable blueprint and/or
specifications. Deviations may be made
only by written amendment to the Purchase Order when authorized by FMI's Material Review Board.
4. APPROVED FACILITIES: It is the
Vendor's responsibility to utilized only approved facilities for processing
used in work relating to this order.
5. PRESERVATION AND PACKAGING
REQUIREMENT: Unless otherwise specified, the Supplier/Vendor shall maintain
controls to assure compliance of preservation, packaging and shipping
requirements of this order. The use of
commercial practices does not relieve the Supplier/Vendor from the
responsibility of packaging in a manner that will insure receipt at FMI in an
acceptable condition.
6. FMI FURNISHED RAW MATERIAL: Unless
otherwise specified, material furnished to Suppliers/Vendors shall be used in
the manufacture of articles specified in this order. Materials scrapped in excess of allowable
tolerances, shall be replaced by vendor or purchased from FMI at its cost plus
any special charges. Unless otherwise
specified, all materials furnished shall not be under shipped. Rejected materials shall be identified and
segregated from acceptable materials.
Rejected materials shall be returned to FMI. A formal rejection report along with root
cause analysis shall accompany any rejected material.
7. FMI FURNISHED TOOLING/EQUIPMENT: Unless otherwise specified, all tooling and
equipment furnished for this order shall be maintained in good condition and used
for the manufacture of articles for FMI.
Tooling/equipment shall be available for examination by FMI personnel
and/or returned to FMI upon request or termination of order.
8. REJECTED HARDWARE: In the event that
hardware is rejected either at FMI or at the vendor's facility, the following
applies: Seller (vendor) will be charged or debited one percent (1%) of the
value of the hardware or a minimum of $250 per rejection tag exclusive of the
material disposition.
THE FOLLOWING QUALITY ASSURANCE
CLAUSES #9-15 ARE IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD QUALITY ASSURANCE CLAUSES WHEN
SPECIFIED ON AN FMI PURCHASE ORDER.
9. Supplier/Vendor to furnish date of
manufacture and shelf life on the material certification of materials requiring
age control.
10. GOVERNMENT INSPECTION: Government
inspection is required prior to shipment from your plant. Upon receipt of this order, promptly notify
the Government Representative who normally services your plant so that
appropriate planning for government inspection can be accomplished. Upon receipt of an order, promptly furnish a
copy to the Government Representative, if none, to the nearest Army, Navy, Air
Force, or Defense Supply Agency inspection office. In the event the representative or office
cannot be located, our purchasing agent should be notified immediately.
11. FMI SOURCE INSPECTION REQUIRED:
Vendor shall request FMI Source Inspection for product verification prior to
shipment from its facility. Acceptance
of units shall not relieve the vendor of the responsibility of manufacturing units
as defined in an FMI purchase order. All
requests shall be made by calling FMI's QA office,
providing Purchase Order number, part number and revision, part name and quantity to be
inspected. Advance notice of 48 hours
needs to be given for scheduling purposes.
12. VENDOR/SUPPLIER FIRST ARTICLE: Vendor
shall perform first article inspection on first unit produced during production
of this order. First Article Inspection
report to accompany first shipment of units, and comply with AS9102
requirements.
13. FMI FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION
VERIFICATION AT SOURCE: Vendor shall request FMI Source Inspection as per item
#10. Vendor shall provide inspection
tools, test equipment, fixtures and personnel as requested to verify the units'
compliance to the purchase order requirements.
Final acceptance of unit produced is dependent upon a satisfactory first
article inspection. First article
inspection shall be performed on the first unit produced using production tools
as applicable by the FMI Quality Assurance Department. Vendor first article inspection report to
accompany shipment. NOTE: First Article
acceptance shall not relieve the vendor of the responsibility for manufacturing
acceptable production part/materials as defined by this Purchase Order.
14. FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION DESTINATION:
Final acceptance of units produced is dependant upon a satisfactory first
article inspection of the "as received" unit(s) produced using production tools
as applicable by the FMI Quality Assurance Department. Note: First article acceptance shall not
relieve the vendor of the responsibility for manufacturing acceptable
production parts/materials as defined by this Purchase Order.
15. STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM:
If specified on an FMI Purchase Order, the supplier/vendor shall have an
adequate statistical process control (SPC) system for maintaining acceptable Cp
and Cpk levels of its' products. Supplier's/Vendor's SPC system may be
periodically audited by FMI Personnel and/or by its' customers. The supplier/vendor shall provide statistical
process control (SPC) charts/data on specific key characteristics on the
product provided to FMI. Key
characteristics defined by FMI. Charts shall show acceptable trends/data and Cp
and Cpk levels shall be acceptable. Supplier's/Vendor's SPC system may be periodically
audited by FMI personnel and/or its' customers.
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