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Managing Suppliers forMilitary and Aerospace

Applications

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Why?

To best understand what world class suppliers to the military and aerospace industries must be able to do.

What to look for in any supplier to assure that they have the systems, processes and procedures in place to comply with all of the necessary certifications, requirements and contractual obligations.

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Agenda

Paperwork– Do they understand the contractual requirements?

Product End of Life– Company Longevity

Obsolete/Counterfeit Parts– Can they manage?

Product Repairs– Is there a system in place?

Certifications– The details matter.

Environmental Testing & Compliance– Do they have the Equipment and Expertise?

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Paperwork

Military and Aerospace electronics often perform mission or life critical functions when in use. Because of this increased risk, these applications bring additional requirements.

There is additional paperwork throughout the manufacturing and procurement process to ensure all steps are completed correctly.– Contract Review – Does the supplier really know what they are signing up for?– First Article Testing – Does the supplier have the equipment and expertise?– Parts Verification – Do they have a counterfeiting program in place?– Lot Numbering & End Product Serialization – Can they minimize recall in the

case of a component issue?– AS9100 – Are they certified?

The resources needed to support these requirements can be challenging for smaller suppliers. It is important to ensure these are in place and maintained when choosing a supplier.

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Paperwork

What is DPAS?– The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) assures timely

delivery of materials and services from private industries to meet national defense needs and provides an operating system to support rapid industrial response to government procurement needs in times of an emergency.

How does this impact a suppliers commitment to perform?– In general, potential suppliers must:

1. Accept or reject contracts and orders that contain a DPAS priority rating for materials and services they normally supply within 15 working days.

2. Provide preferential performance for rated orders to the extent necessary to meet contracted delivery dates.

3. Extend the priority rating to suppliers.  

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Product End of Life

As Military and Aerospace products near their end of life, suppliers are often contractually obligated to continue producing and/or repairing the products.

Due to the long life of these products and the fluctuating quantity requirements the components that comprise the end product also presents challenges.– Does the supplier have a proactive obsolesce

program?

– Do they have the in house engineering resources to redesign and test potential solutions?

– How are all of the work instructions, test parameters, and fixtures documented so that the company can ramp up quickly?

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Product End of Life

As these components become harder to procure, the risk of counterfeit components increases. To mitigate this threat, a chain of custody strategy must be established and documented by the supplier.

Section 818 of the 2012 Defense Authorization Act mandates requirements concerning the detection and mitigation of counterfeit parts.

The DOD is required by law to:– Make costs of counterfeit rework and corrective actions unallowable– Require that counterfeit risk be managed throughout the supply chain– Implement criminal penalties and possible debarment for intentional failure

to exercise adequate counterfeit prevention methods.

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Obsolete/Counterfeit Parts

Counterfeit parts can cause:– Personal injury – Mission failure – Reduced reliability and

product recall– Potential loss of contracts– Shutdown of manufacturing

lines– Negative cost and schedule

impacts– Penalties for companies and

individuals– Damage to the corporate

image.

Government and industry investigations have shown that the risks of receiving counterfeit parts varies based on the supplier entity providing the parts.

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Risk Ladder

Defense Customers purchase orders typically require that suppliers use OCMs or their authorized sources for products that will ultimately be delivered. The Counterfeit Avoidance Requirements are usually contained in the Purchase Order Terms and Conditions as well as Quality Requirements.

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Obsolete/Counterfeit Parts

Procuring directly from the original component (OCM/OEM) results in lowest risk of counterfeit.

Authorized Distributors are the next lowest risk. OCM have documented agreements with a manufacturer to sell their items and should be verified with the manufacturer.

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Because of the long service life and harsh operating environments repairing and/or upgrading fielded product can be a requirement. In many cases the original manufacturer is best suited to perform these functions.

– A separate set of processes,procedures, and workinstructions must be used.

– Troubleshooting and testequipment is necessary todetermine root cause.

– Expertise in the functionalityof the products is needed.

Product Repairs

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Certifications

To ensure compliance with the requirements of the contract a variety of certifications and standards may be implemented.

Some of these certifications are overarching operational systems, such as ISO 9001 or ITAR. These require auditing by a licensed third party to receive qualification, and periodic audits to maintain the certification.

Other certifications focus on the skill sets and inspection criteria used in specific manufacturing processes, such as IPC 610 for the assembly of electronics or AS9100 for the assembly of Aerospace products

CAGE Code: 08817

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Environmental Concerns

Due to the harsh operating environments Military and Aerospace products endure, the supplier will typically be required to test and document the performance of the product in a simulated environment.

– Does the supplier have the proper equipment and expertise to perform these tests?

– Is there a calibration plan in place for the equipment?

– Are these tests performed in house or does the supplier outsource?• If outsourced, Where is the third party located?• Does the location allow easy interaction for technical discussions during

testing.

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Environmental Concerns

Specifically… Some of the more common environmental concerns are:– Shock from both mechanical and rapid temperature changes– Prolonged and or intense vibration– Corrosion from exposure to chemicals and or the environment – Temperature extremes– EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)

– Radiation from nuclear exposure or being outside of the earths atmosphere– Extreme Pressures and Vacuum

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Compliance

MIL-STD-461E - Test for Electromagnetic Capability MIL-STD-3009 - Lighting, Aircraft, Night Vision Imaging Systems MIL-STD-810 - Environmental Engineering Considerations MIL-S-901D - High Impact Mechanical Shock, Grade A and Grade B MIL-STD-1280 - Keyboard Arrangements MIL-STD-810F - Particle Resistance and Liquid Resistance Testing MIL-S-22885 - Switches/Pushbutton, Illuminated Spec also SAE AS7788A

Do they have the experience to meet the standards and get the end product tested?

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Our Expertise

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Summary

Understanding the requirements and the capabilities of a world class Military and Aerospace Supplier are key to the selection process.

– Systems In Place To Address The Contractual Requirements• Documentation and traceability

– Company Longevity• Ensures program support from beginning to end without interruption

– Obsolete/Counterfeit Components• Mitigation strategy• Engineering resources to access possible solutions

– Product Repairs• Is there a system in place

– Certifications• Ensure the supplier can meet the contract requirements

– Environmental Testing• Does the supplier have equipment and expertise

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Our Products

Battery Packs Flex & Rigid-Flex PCB’s User Interfaces

Fans & Motors Cable Assemblies Printed Circuit Boards

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Design Centers & Technical Support

Battery Pack & Power Management – Denver, CO User Interfaces – Largo, FL Fans & Motors – New Bedford, MA & Wales, UK PCB’s – New Bedford, MA & Shenzhen, China Flex & Rigid Flex – Toronto, Canada Cable Assemblies – Largo, FL

Our Engineering and Design teams are ready to help our customers create world class and cost effective product solutions.

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Q&A

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in the Control Panel

– If we don’t have time to get to it, wewill reply via email

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