Recently published, the standard UNE-EN 9102: 2024 establishes the requirements for performing and documenting a FAI (first article inspection). It is emphasized the requirements specified in this document are complementary (not alternative) to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
A well-planned and executed FAI by a multi-disciplinary team provides objective evidence that the manufacturer’s processes can produce a compliant product; having effectively understood and incorporated the associated requirements.
The focus of FAI is the verification of production processes via product assessment.
A FAI will:
- provide confidence, through objective evidence, that the product realization processes are capable of producing conforming products.
- demonstrate that the manufacturers and processors of the product have an understanding of the associated requirements.
- provide assurance of product conformance at the start of production and after changes.
- help ensure product safety, improve quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.
This document applies to organizations and their suppliers responsible for product realization processes that produce the design characteristics of the product.
The organization shall flow down the requirements of this document to suppliers who produce design characteristics.
This document applies to assemblies, sub-assemblies, and detail parts including castings, forgings, and modifications to standard catalogue or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) items. Each of these items have a separate FAI.
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