Guidelines are defined in the IAQG Supply Chain Management Handbook Chapter 3. The SCMH can be found at http://www.sae.org/iaqg/handbook/scmhtermsofuse.htm
Quality Requirements & Information
BQMS Addendum 1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
No. AS9115 is not an ICOP registered standard, nor are AS9115 approvals recognized in OASIS. AS9115 approvals are performed by Boeing software auditors (2nd party audits).
No. AS9115 must be used with AS9100 since AS9115 is only a supplement to AS9100. Both must be used to conduct software approval audits. Hence AS9115 approval requires that the supplier be prior approved to AS9100 via ICOP. Boeing then audits to AS9100 and AS 9115 as a coordinated pair. AS 9115 follows the same clauses as 9100 but provides greater granularity and specificity for some clauses to ensure the objectives of AS9100 are met for software. It is possible that the supplier may have received ICOP approval for hardware implementation of one or more clauses that may not be compliant for software. For example, the ICOP audit may find the supplier compliant for clause 5.3 for Management Representative, but Boeing may find the supplier not compliant for software.
No, because there is currently no IAQG approved software auditor qualification program nor is there any recognition of 9115 approval in OASIS. Boeing software auditors are specifically trained and authorized to audit to 9115.
Suppliers will receive a letter recognizing their approval and be listed in Boeing Supplier Quality supplier information data bases.
No, however, the supplier will still be responsible to assure the CMMI program includes provisions for addressing all the new objectives of 9115.
Boeing will not provide any supplier training on the AS 9100 or EN 9100 standard as these are industry published standards.