Global Standards for a Global

Industry

ANSI/SAC SymposiumMay 30, 2007

Laura E. HitchcockStandards Strategy and PolicyThe Boeing CompanyChair, The Strategic Standardization Forum for Aerospace

• The Aerospace Industry is the most data (and standards) intensive industry

• Standards form part of the product definition data used to define, manufacture, certify, operate and support aerospace products

• Standards have a defined mission:• Interoperability & interconnectivity

• Reliability, repeatability, quality

• Safety and certification

• Mechanism for change

• Supply chain management

Why the Aerospace Industry Cares About Standards…

StandardsDevelopers

InternalCompany

Consortia

“International”

Government

Examples of Specifications and Standards Used by Aerospace Product

PartMaterialProcessDesignDrafting

ITApplicationsUser InterfaceMiddlewareDelivery SystemsSecurity & enterprise systems mgmt

QualityTestingInspectionISO 9000Metrology

ES&HHealthSafetyEnvironmentNoiseEmissions

FacilitiesBuilding & ConstructionElectrical CodesUtilitiesAsset Acquisition

Customer/Product SupportDe-icingGround vehiclesFuelAPUsReliability/ MaintainabilityPayloads

AvionicsCrew SystemsLightingElectronicsPropulsionConfiguration Mgmt

BusinessOperationsFinanceHRLaborElectronic CommerceSupplier Management

Industry

OperationsToolingEquipment Design

Company – Program Unique

Company – Corporate Standard

Company – Supplier

Company – Customer

Team - Project

Mil-Specs

Industry

Trade Association

National

Regional

UN-Treaty (ICAO)

ISO/IEC/ITU

Consortia - Closed

Consortia - Open

Aerospace Industry Uses Standards

Developed by Many Models

Criteria for All Models…Standards that are:

– Technically valid

– Globally relevant

– Primarily performance-based

– Acceptable for reference in national or regional legislation for Regulatory purposes if necessary

– Value-adding for both the consumer and society (e.g., ensure safety and preserve the environment)

– Current with developing technology

Standards Vital to Design, Build & Support Processes

Customer, Regulatory Agency and Boeing Requirements

Geometry Tooling Planning Analysis Certification

Materials Purchase Processing Inspection Subcontracting

Spares Inspection and Repairs Maintenance Refurbishment

Design

Build

Support

Type DesignCertificate

ProductionCertificate

AirworthinessCertificate

Industry -- The Beginning and End of the Standards Value Stream

• Manage the Consensus Process• Standards Administration:

• Publication• Distribution• Configuration Management

• Use

• Intellectual Property• Technical Expertise• Technical Requirements• Intent to Use

• Companies and Industries need business strategies to succeed

• Standards are becoming an important part of those strategies

• Once thought of as just technical documents, the business side of standards is becoming strategically important

• Global companies, and those supplying to global industries, benefit from strong, pro-active standards strategies and standards management

The aerospace industry spends a significant amount of money on standards. Managed well, it’s an investment; without management, it’s an expense.

- Future of Aerospace Standardization Report, 2003

Successful Companies Require Successful Standards Strategies

Global Standards are not just International Standards

• Globally Recognized – all stakeholders around the world acknowledge the standard’s technical accuracy and relevance

• Globally Accepted – all regulatory agencies and customers around the world recognize the standard as meeting applicable requirements

• Globally Used – all stakeholders use the standard

Global standards and regulations are critical to the efficient operation of the global aviation system and international markets

– Final Report of the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry, 2002

• The Standards for Technical Excellence Position Paper developed by the Strategic Standardization Forum for Aerospace and released by the US Aerospace Industries Association...

– Recognizes the broad range of global, international, industry, military and company-unique standards used by the aerospace industry

– Encourages global participation in the development and use of standards

– Does not exclude or promote one source of standards over another for consideration in the design/build/support of aerospace products

– Acknowledges the importance of standards as critical sources of technical data for aerospace

– Is intended to encourage those national bodies (governmental, trade, and defense) who are writing standards policies to adopt policies which allow the aerospace industry to continue to develop and select standards as they currently do -- based on technical merit

A Recent Aerospace Position Paper Supports Global Standards and Encourages Selection and Use of Best Standards

• A cooperative organization of the global aerospace industry

• Uses existing infrastructures

• Includes over 64 of the largest members of the aerospace industry

• Regional sectors coordinate requirements for quality standards and the results are harmonized by the IAQG

• Globally harmonized standards are published simultaneously by each of the sponsoring organizations

• Standards are developed/ revised in less than 12 months

• Members have signed commitments to implement

• Implementation statistics are tracked

Implement initiatives that make Implement initiatives that make significant improvements in Quality significant improvements in Quality and reductions in cost throughout and reductions in cost throughout

the value stream by establishing and the value stream by establishing and maintaining dynamic cooperation, maintaining dynamic cooperation,

based on trust, between based on trust, between international aerospace companies.international aerospace companies.

Quality – A Global Industry Effort

The use of global voluntary consensus standards, whenever practicable and appropriate, by Governments and Regulatory Agencies can achieve the following goals:

• Eliminate the cost to governments of developing their own standards and decrease the cost of goods procured

• Reduce the cost of compliance to multiple standards and facilitate harmonization between regulatory agencies

• Provide incentives and opportunities to establish standards that serve global industry needs

• Encourage long-term growth for global enterprises by promoting efficiency and economic competition through harmonization of regional requirements

• Further encourage governments to rely upon the private sector to define standards which will protect the safety of the public and the environment while promoting strong industrial growth

Global Standards are used in Regulations and Government Policies

• Increasing use and adoption of global standards developed by the entire global industry through multiple venues and many different standards organizations

• Increasing cooperation with government and regulatory bodies to encourage regulations that reference voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment programs

• Increasing participation in global standards development and conformity assessment activities by all stakeholders (government, industry, standards developers, and consumers)

• Increasing standards development in accordance with the WTO-TBT criteria: Transparency, Openness, Consensus, Due Process

• Standards and conformity assessment programs which areincreasingly globally relevant, responsive to real world needs, and performance-based

Aerospace Industry Goals for Global Standardization

Global Participation in Standards Activities by Industry Benefits Everyone…

• Ensures the most efficient & effective use of industry resources and talent

• Seeks to develop standards with organizations that

• Offer the broadest inclusion of all stakeholders

• Facilitate direct industry participation

• Provide the most cost-effective processes

• Deliver the most easily accessible standards

• Protects and promotes the business interests of a company by aligning standards strategies to support business strategies

• Allows for Quality systems to be fully supported and integrated throughout the supply chain

• Guarantees that standards function as enablers for business not as barriers to trade

SUMMARY

Global Industry Standards – enablers for future growth and success