SAE International

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The organization shall ensure the adequacy of requirements prior to their communication to the external provider.

The organization shall communicate to external providers its' requirements for:

• The processes, products, and services to be provided including the identification of relevant technical data (e.g., specifications, drawings, process requirements, work instructions);
• The approval of:
  • Products and services;
  • Methods, processes, and equipment;
  • The release of products and services
• Competence, including any required qualification of persons;
• The external providers' interactions with the organization;
• Control and monitoring of the external providers' performance to be applied by the organization;
• Verification or validation activities that the organization, or its customer, intends to perform at the external providers' premises;
• Design and development control;
• Special requirements, critical items, or key characteristics;
• Test, inspection, and verification (including production process verification);
• The use of statistical techniques for product acceptance and related instructions for acceptance by the organization;
• The need to:
  • Implement a quality management system;
  • Use customer-designated or approved external providers, including process sources (e.g., special processes);
  • Notify the organization of nonconforming processes, products, or services and obtain approval for their disposition;
  • Prevent the use of counterfeit parts;
  • Notify the organization of changes to processes, products, or services, including changes of their external providers or location of manufacture, and obtain the organization's approval;
  • Flow down to external providers applicable requirements including customer requirements;
  • Provide test specimens for design approval, inspection/verification, investigations, or auditing;
  • Retain documented information, including retention periods and disposition requirements;
• The right of access by the organization, their customer, and regulatory authorities to the applicable areas of facilities and to applicable documented information, at any level of the supply chain;
• Ensuring that persons are aware of:
  • Their contribution to product or service conformity;
  • Their contribution to product safety;
  • The importance of ethical behavior.