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Global Expansion of PRI: Nadcap Office in China November 16, 2004Performance Review Institute (PRI) announces a new office in Mr Liu Le, PRI’s first employee in the Asian region, explained: “My primary duty is to provide coordinating operations of Nadcap Asia sector and to serve as a bridge between Chinese customers and the rest of the PRI divisions. PRI’s Nadcap is an industry-managed program concerned with ensuring that jets and aero-engines are of the highest quality to ultimately protect the flying public. Nadcap is the leading worldwide program of major aerospace companies designed to manage a consensus approach to special processes. Asian suppliers will benefit from the same highly qualified, experienced auditors as the rest of the world and no change in audit price, demonstrating PRI’s commitment to cost-effective quality control. Arshad Hafeez, Director of Global Business Operations commented: “By expanding into Nadcap has over 1,400 accredited aerospace suppliers of special processes listed on the Nadcap Qualified Manufacturer’s List (QML). Since its inauguration, Nadcap has conducted over 11,900 audits with approximately 2,800 audits expected in 2004 alone. Around 10% of these are anticipated in the
What does Nadcap do? Nadcap audits aerospace suppliers for the following twelve special processes:
How does Nadcap audit and accreditation work? Nadcap audits are carried out by independent consultant auditors with an average of thirty years special process experience in the aerospace industry. When a Nadcap audit is carried out, qualified PRI staff initially review the audit report and work with the aerospace supplier to resolve any non-conformances raised by the auditor. Once the corrective action submittals have been accepted by PRI, the audit package is forwarded to the Task Group. Each special process has its own Task Group, which is made up of representatives from Nadcap subscribing members. Once they are satisfied with the supplier’s performance, the supplier becomes accredited. Audits are repeated annually until the supplier gains merit and receives an extended accreditation. Before Nadcap
Previously, the responsibility for assuring subcontractor quality in the mobility industry was shouldered by individual aerospace companies. This resulted in duplication of effort, inconsistent application of standards and unnecessary costs associated with redundant audits. ------------------------------------------------------ENDS -------------------------------------------------
EDITORS’ NOTES
PRI and Nadcap
PRI – PRI is the not-for-profit organization that provides staff to facilitate programs and operation decided by PRI Board of Directors. Nadcap – Nadcap is PRI’s brand name for the industry-managed program for special processes in the aerospace industry. It is the cutting edge cooperative industry experts with its Board of Directors as below:
Nadcap is an unprecedented cooperative industry effort to improve quality, while reducing costs, for quality assurance throughout the aerospace and defense industries. Nadcap is an industry-managed approach to conformity assessment that brings together technical experts from both industry and government in the Nadcap organisation. Major aerospace contractors, suppliers and representatives from the government work together to establish requirements for accreditation, approve suppliers and define operational program requirements. Unlike traditional third-party programs, Nadcap is an industry-managed program. This process results in a standardised approach to quality assurance and a reduction in redundant auditing throughout the aerospace industry because industry has joined forces to develop a program that:
Beneficiaries of improvements resulting from Nadcap are as diverse as Nadcap’s over 1,300 customers. A participating aerospace contractor reports a saving of over $1 million annually while achieving technically superior audits. An accredited Nadcap supplier has tracked a 97% reduction in rework resulting from improvements to his system stemming from Nadcap requirements. Surveys performed on the Nadcap accredited supplier base indicate an average 40% reduction in audits following Nadcap accreditation. Press Enquiries For press enquiries, please contact Seema Saleem at the Performance Review Institute: Telephone: + 44 207 483 9010 Email: seema.saleem@pri-europe.org.uk |
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