Nadcap A Primes Perspective

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NadcapA Primes Perspective

• Nigel Picken
• Global Purchasing
• Rolls-Royce

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Rolls-Royce Strategy for Special Processing
Work with the Aerospace industry to continually
improve the certification and oversight of
special processes so there are NO escapes due to
special processing anywhere in the supply chain
-- a Quality requirement that will lead to cost
reductions --
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Processor Control Improvement

• Situation
• Control of special processors has not
  consistently prevented escapes from impacting
  production lines
• Problem exists throughout the enterprise and
  within aerospace industry

Target Improve control, prevent escapes,
increase productivity and customer satisfaction
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Alternatives for improving process control

• We can significantly increase the numbers and
  technical skills of our processor control staff
• We can supplement our existing efforts by
  requiring the use of Nadcap accredited processors
• We can hope this problem goes away

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Why does Rolls-Royce Require Nadcap

• Nadcap is industry managed controlled
• Nadcap auditors are process experts in the
  technologies they audit
• Nadcap audit process is technical and in-depth
• Processors that cannot attain accreditation will
  not be approved
• Allows RR to focus resources on RR specific
  issues and concerns

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The Nadcap Process
Audit Standard Checklist
Industry Managed Controlled
Auditor Qualification Selection

• Cost of audits held to a minimum by a board of
  directors comprised of aerospace industry
  leaders
• Industry working together to improve quality

• Common audit criteria covering basic prime
  requirements
• Common expectations for suppliers with consistent
  interpretation of requirements
• Reduction in number of redundant audits

• Auditors experienced in the technologies they
  audit
• Impartial auditors
• Easy to manage resources through peaks and
  valleys of our industry

• Auditor only audits to the criteria established
  by the primes
• Audits are technology based and more in-depth
• Audit is focused on process compliance with a
  product focus

• Issues regardless of affected prime are shared
  with all primes
• Supplier Advisory provides advance notice of
  potential product impact issues
• Available through eAuditNet

• Primes review and agree on corrective action and
  accreditation
• Systemic industry problems are analyzed and root
  cause corrective action taken

PRI Board Executive Strategic Planning Management
Council
Oversight
Nadcap Staff Administration Technical Support
Audits Conducted
Corrective Actions As Required
Audit Results
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RR Support to Nadcap
Nigel Picken
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Rolls- Royce Oversight

• Perform initial process audits
• Continue to perform process audits for processes
  not covered by Nadcap
• At Nadcap accredited processors determine
  maintenance activity using risk analysis (process
  criticality processor performance)
• Work with Primes and Nadcap to harmonise and
  drive international standardisation of
  specifications and checklists

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Summary

• Cost of routine process audit is shared by the
  industry allowing more efficient utilisation of
  RR resources
• Reduction in variation of requirements resulting
  in lower cost to processor and primes
• Processors bench mark themselves by compliance to
  industry consensus standards
• Improved quality through elimination of low
  performance processors
• 1 audit is good for all Primes

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Questions