Documenting COTS Traceability and Purchase Order Numbers on AS9102 Form 1
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- fai
- as9102
- form-1
- cots
- traceability
- purchase-order
During the compilation of an AS9102 First Article Inspection Report (FAIR) for an assembly incorporating Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) components, quality practitioners must establish baseline traceability for purchased standard hardware. Questions frequently arise regarding where procurement references, such as receiver or purchase order numbers, belong within the standard form structure.
Quality personnel often conflate top-level assembly procurement fields with component-level traceability fields, leading to missing or misplaced traceability identifiers for purchased standard hardware.
Common Mistakes
- Quality personnel often conflate top-level assembly procurement fields with component-level traceability fields, leading to missing or misplaced traceability identifiers for purchased standard hardware.
- Incorrect or incomplete Form 1 part number traceability.
Best Practice
Reserve AS9102 Form 1 Field 12 for the top-level part procurement purchase order number. For COTS parts indexed in the assembly breakdown (Fields 15–18), record the component's purchase order, receiving document, or internal tracking identifier in Field 18 (FAIR Identifier), as standalone first articles are not generated for standard off-the-shelf hardware.
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