ASA Member Bulletin - June 2017 2nd Edition

In this Month's Bulletin:

 

ASA Annual Conference:

Information is Power! 16 General Session Presentations and 20 Workshops

ASA 2017 Full Conference Agenda is Available On-Line!

Yes the meeting is packed with presentations and workshops but what can you do when there are no scheduled speeches?

• AMAZING: Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum
• HISTORICAL: Manassas Civil War Battlefields
• SPORTY: National League Leading Washington Nationals Baseball, Minor League Baseball, TopGolf, Kayaking and Rafting
• GASTRODELICIOUS: Receptions and Dinner, tons of bars and restaurants
• MUSEUMS, ZOO, PARKS, MEMORIALS, STATUES, AND SO MUCH MORE

Please click here for registration information. Click here for the Schedule-of-Events.

 

Government Affairs and Legal News:

FUNCTION CODE 56 UPDATE: Airline Sourcing is OK; but PAH Must Be Established

Recent confusion about the use of function code 56 has caused some consternation in the industry. The focus of this issue has been on parts obtained from air carriers (which represents a significant portion of the industry's surplus parts).  Read more...

 

ASA News:

Welcome New ASA Members!

ASA welcomes the following new member companies, bringing total membership to 613. For a complete list of ASA Members and for all other lists maintained by ASA, please visit the ASA Website. ASA would like to welcome the following new member companies: 

• APC Airline Parts Corp. - Miami, FL
•  B&H Worldwide (Holdings), Limited - Middlesex, United Kingdom
• Chaparral Inc. - Lubbock, TX
• Exodus Aviation - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• GRD Aviation Pvt. Ltd. - New Delhi, India
• Taxi-Aeroparts, Inc. - Miami, FL

 Misrepresentation of ASA Membership & Misuse of ASA Logo

• Falcon Commercial Aviation Located in Miramar, FL is not a Member of ASA nor are they ASA-100 Accredited. They have been using the ASA-100 Logo Illegally on their documentation.
• Lotus Aviation Technology (PVT) Ltd. in New Delhi, India is not a Member of ASA and continues to list "ASA Membership Certificate" on their website Certifications Page which links to an expired ASA Member Certificate.

 

ASA Events:

Quality Committee Meeting - July 9, 2017, Reston, VA

The next QC Meeting is scheduled for July 9, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA. Separate registration is required. Also, be sure to make your hotel reservations accordingly. If you have any questions please contact Tony Brigham.

 

Thank you to our current 2017 Conference Sponsors:

First Class Sponsor: Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Baron Group LLC

Business Class: Air Parts & Supply Company (APSCO), KLX Aerospace

Frequent Flyer Sponsor: Aircraft Inventory Management & Services, Ltd., East Air Corporation, MD Turbines, Par Avion LLC, STS Component Solutions LLC, VAS Aero Services, LLC

Event Sponsors: A.J. Levin Company, Aero-Zone, Inc., AerSale, Inc., Global Airtech, Hurricane Aerospace, Infinity Air/All Flight Corporation, International Aircraft Associates, ITS Infinity Trading, PartsBase Inc., TD Bank, Unical Aviation Inc.

 

 

ASA-100 News:

Congratulations to the following companies showing commitment to Quality through ASA-100 Accreditation: 

 

• Zina Flight Support, LLC - Austin, TX

 

ASACB News:

The following companies have achieved certification to the Aviation, Space and Defense management system standards:

• Applied Thin Films - ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100C - Fremont, CA
• Anillo Industries, Inc.; Hightower Metal Products, Inc. & Hightower Plating Co - ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100C - Orange, CA
• Prime Air Europe - ISO 9001:2008 and AS9120A - Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
• Quality Stamping & Machine, Inc. - ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100C - Sumner, WA
• Liberty Engineering - ISO 9001:2008 and AS9120A - Garland, TX

ASACB Training Announcements

Our next Workshop will be held on August 17, 2017. This workshop will address the new AS9120B requirements. The presenter will be Walter Sam O'Connor, Vice President Technical Services for ASACB. This workshop is open to ASA Members, ASA-100 Accredited companies and ASACB certified clients and any other organization certified to AS9120A. The cost for members, accredited companies and certified clients is $300.00 and for non-members, non-accredited companies and non-certified clients is $500.00. Registration is required and will be available on our website at www.aviationsuppliers.org/Workshops after June 30, 2017. ASACB will be offering additional workshops in the upcoming months. Stay tuned for announcements on the following Training workshops:

• AS9100D Transition September 2017 in Atlanta, GA area.
• AS9110C Transition September 2017 in Atlanta, GA area. 

Amazing Introductory Promotional Offer for New ASACB Clients

ASA is pleased to announce an amazing offer to new ASACB clients. Any organization that attends an ASA ISO or AS Standards Workshop and subsequently contracts with ASACB for certification services will receive a discount on those services (limitations apply, see below). Which incredible offer will you choose?

1. Contract with ASACB within 7 days of attending the workshop - receive a 10% discount on audit day rate.
2. Contract with ASACB after 7 days of attending the workshop - receive a 5% discount on audit day rate.

Discounts apply to the 1st year of services and are only offered to new clients who are seeking ISO 9001, AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 initial certification services through ASACB. The discount does not apply to audit travel or fee expenses. Days are counted as calendar days. For questions and additional information, please contact Sam O'Connor. 

Transition Information

There are only 15 months remaining for the transition to the new ISO 9001/AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 standards. Organizations that are AS9100/AS9110/AS9120 and waiting on release of the new revisions should already have or are in process of implementing the ISO9001:2015 standards new requirements. ISO 9001:20015 is the base standard for all the newly revised and pending release AS series standards. This will aid in getting your organization prepared to achieve the transition deadline of September 15, 2018 for AS9100/AS9110/AS9120.

All transition audits must be completed by June 15, 2018 per industry requirements listed in Supplemental Rule SR003 which can be located at https://www.iaqg.org/oasis/login  The SR003 document is located under the section titled "9100:2016 Series Quality Management System Transition" in paragraph two last sentence.

If you should have any questions please contact Sam O'Connor, Vice President Technical Services ASA/ASACB or George Ringger, Accreditation Manager ASACB for clarification or concerns.

 

ASACB Transition Complete

ASACB has successfully transitioned its AQMS accreditations for all three AS9100 industry standards as of May 11, 2017. All audits that began on or after June 15, 2017 are to the new revisions of AS9100D/AS9110C/AS9120B. 

 

Transition Aid

The ASACB has a gap assessment worksheet to aid in the transition to AS9100D that is based on input from the IAQG. It can be downloaded via the following link; Gap Assessment AS9100D. It may also be accessed from the ASA's Website at: AQMS:2016 Transition Policy; scroll to the bottom of the bottom of the page and click on Gap Assessment AS9100D.

 

Quality Management Standards for the ASD Industry.

The following documents have been created by the Aviation, Space and Defense Industries (ASD) and released through Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) for use by organizations supporting and supplying a product or service to the ASD industries.  You can purchase or access these documents at www.sae.org.

• AS9102 First Article Inspection Requirement
• AS9146 Foreign Object Damage
• AS9114 Direct Ship Guidance for Aerospace Companies 

If you should have any questions please contact Sam O'Connor, Vice President Technical Services ASA/ASACB or George Ringger, Accreditation Manager ASACB for clarification or concerns.

 

 

Calendar @ A Glance!!   

2017

• July 9th - QC Meeting @ ASA Annual Conference, Reston VA
• July 9-11th - ASA/AFRA Annual Conference, Reston, VA
• August 17^th - AS9120 Transition Training - Doubletree Hotel Dallas DFW North, Irving, TX