How Acme Aerostructures's AS9100 Quality Management System governs the CWP-700 Composite Wing Panel Production Program — the aerospace-specific layer on top of ISO 9001 that every Tier 1 aerospace supplier must hold to sell to an OEM like Meridian Aircraft Co., and how the program's quality artifacts trace back to it.
What AS9100 adds on top of ISO 9001
AS9100 is built on the ISO 9001 quality-management structure but adds requirements specific to aviation, space, and defense manufacturing: configuration management and part-number control, first article inspection, special-process controls (welding, heat treat, non-destructive testing, composite lay-up), risk management tied to product safety, counterfeit-parts prevention, and full lot-level traceability from raw material to delivered part. A shop can be ISO 9001 certified without any of that; it cannot sell structural parts to an aircraft OEM without AS9100.
How this program's artifacts map to AS9100 clauses
| AS9100 Area | Program Artifact |
|---|---|
| Risk-based thinking / risk management | RAIDD Log |
| Special process & first article verification | First Article Inspection (AS9102) |
| Control of nonconforming outputs | Material Review Board |
| Supplier / external provider control | Supplier Quality Engineer role (Resource Plan) + PPAP submissions (RAIDD DEP-02) |
| Configuration & traceability | Part marking and lot traceability requirements in the Program Governance plan |
| Management review & continual improvement | Lessons Learned register + Closeout Report |
Program-level quality roles
R. Kessler holds the AS9100 QMS Owner role for this program (Quality Engineering Lead) for the full 18 months. J. Ferraro joins at the start of Phase 2 as MRB Chair once production volume creates a steady stream of nonconformance dispositions. S. Pham owns supplier quality (PPAP) for the raw-material and hardware supply chain. See the Resource Plan for FTE% and cost detail on each role.
This page is a program-level summary, not a certification audit record — Acme Aerostructures's AS9100 certificate and audit history are maintained at the corporate quality management system level, outside this individual program's artifacts.