QA001 – Dishon Ltd Right of Entry

Dishon Ltd hereby reserves the right of entry to the supplier’s facility/plant for the purpose of verifying quality, auditing processes and/or inspection of the purchase part. The Right of Entry shall extend to Dishon Ltd customers, government, or other regulatory agencies. Dishon Ltd shall adequately notify the Supplier in advance of any visit.

QA002 – Quality Program

The supplier shall maintain a quality program which will be certified to AS9100, AS9102 or ISO9001 throughout the performance of this purchase order including flow-down of appropriate Customer quality requirements to sub-tier suppliers for fabrication or special processes.

QA003 -Certification of Compliance/Record Retention

Shipments made against this purchase order shall contain a Certificate of Compliance (C of C) by the supplier’s Quality Assurance entity, verifying that all applicable tests and inspections have been performed and the specified requirements have been met per this Purchase Order. The certificate of compliance must reference Dishon’s purchase order number, the part number and quantity. The supplier will ensure that all records associated with the purchase order shall be maintained for a period of no less than 10 years and/or per the requirements of the applicable aerospace customer spec. named in the PO Clauses. In all cases no records shall be destroyed without the prior approval of Dishon Ltd.

QA004 – Non-conformance Control

All parts or materials found to be non-conforming to the requirements of this purchase order shall be identified as such and isolated from production until disposition has been determined. Reference shall be made to the nonconforming record number on the certificate of conformance (C of C). Supplier shall inform Dishon Purchasing Dept. within 24 hrs of discovery that they may have delivered nonconforming goods.

QA005 – Source Inspection

When specified on this purchase order, as a special requirement, Dishon Ltd source inspection may be required prior to shipment from the supplier’s plant. The supplier shall notify Dishon Purchasing Dept. five (5) working days in advance of the date when parts are ready for inspection.

QA006 – Government Source Inspection

If Government Quality Assurance (GQA) is a requirement of this purchase order, the supplier shall promptly arrange with the local GQA representative to perform the required quality assurance tasks prior to shipment release.

QA007 – First Article Inspection

The supplier shall perform a First Article Inspection (FAI) in accordance with the requirements of the SAE Aerospace Standard AS 9102. The supplier shall provide the FAI report as evidence of inspection prior to start of production to Dishon’s Purchasing Dept.

QA008 – Test Equipment and Measurement Devices

The supplier shall provide with the measurement equipment, a calibration certification that is traceable to international or national measurement standards. The equipment shall be protected from damage and deterioration during handling and transportation.
Personnel involved in M&TE calibrations activities shall have yearly, either corrected or uncorrected eye examinations. The examination shall include visual acuity and color vision and it shall be administered by a medically qualified person. Records shall be retained for each individual.

QA009 – Material Certification & Test Report

The supplier shall provide with the material a full certification and/or test reports that show evidence of meeting established requirements per this Purchase Order. Each certificate or report shall include full material description, Job Number, Heat Number, Part Number, Quantity and Material Standard. Any changes to the process, products or services need to be communicated to the Customer.

QA010 – Shelf-Life Limited Item

Materials with limited shelf life (epoxy, paint, adhesives, etc) shall indicate the date of manufacture, shelf life expiration, and storage condition on the container and on the certification provided. To be acceptable, the product shall have a minimum of 75% or its total shelf life remaining when received by Dishon Ltd.

QA011 – Material Inspection

The supplier is responsible for verifying compliance to all requirements specified on this purchase order and the associated Process sheets. Dishon Ltd reserves the right to inspect all parts or materials delivered under this purchase order. Evidence of any non-compliance shall be cause for rejection of the entire lot. Any lot so rejected,

may be returned to the supplier at their expense for reprocessing or replacement as directed by Dishon Purchasing Dept.

QA012 – Part Material Handling & Packaging

The supplier shall handle parts or materials with extreme care and provide adequate packaging to ensure delivered parts or materials are not contaminated or damaged during transportation.

QA013- Counterfeit Parts/Materials Preventions and Control Plan.

The seller shall implement counterfeit part material preventions and Control plans as identified in AS9100 section 8.1.4.

QA014- Supply Chain Traceability

The seller shall maintain a method of commodity and item level traceability that ensures tracking of the supply chain back to the manufacturer of all materials or parts being delivered per this order. This traceability method shall clearly identify the name and location of all of the supply chain intermediaries from the manufacturer to the direct source of the materiel for the seller and shall include the manufacturer’s commodity or item level identification for the item(s) such as date codes, lot codes, heat codes, serializations, unique item identifiers, or batch identifications.

QA015-Product conformity, Product safety & Ethical behavior

Supplier must be committed to the highest standards of ethics and business conduct. Supplier must comply with the law, honor commitments, act in good faith, and be accountable. Supplier must strive to maintain full compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to the operation of the business and customer relationships.

Supplier must not offer, promise, authorize, or provide, directly or indirectly, anything of value (including business gifts or courtesies) with the intent or effect of inducing anyone to engage in unfair business practices.
Supplier will avoid involvement in activities that may be perceived as a conflict-of-interest. Supplier will respect the legitimate proprietary rights and intellectual property rights of customers and Suppliers and take proper care to protect sensitive information, including confidential, proprietary and personal information.

Supplier will support product safety by ensuring robust management of special requirements, critical items and key characteristics. If there are concerns with respect to product safety, supplier will communicate them to Dishon Limited. If there is a concern at the Supplier’s premises with respect to safety during the manufacture of the product, Supplier will notify its own employees of the concern and whenever possible, mitigate the concern. Supplier will ensure that employees and people working on its behalf are aware of:
• Their contribution to product or service conformity
• Their contribution to product safety
• The importance of ethical behavior

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