TABLE OF CONTENTS The Plan owner shall verify that the component manufacturer has a documented quality management system.
The component manufacturer shall have a quality system assessed to the relevant parts of the ISO 9000 family or equivalent.
Where the component manufacturer is not assessed in accordance with 5.3.1.1 above, then the Plan owner shall demonstrate how the quality management system of the component manufacturer will be maintained. Where the Plan owner conducts or enables an audit on the component manufacturing facility, then the audit shall be conducted in accordance with the relevant standards of the ISO 9000 family or equivalent system. Suitably trained auditors shall conduct that audit.
The Plan owner shall verify that the component manufacturer has a manufacturing process capability utilising manufacturing technologies with demonstrable repeatability.
This may be satisfied by one of the following:
Manufacturing approval of the component technologies by a third party (e.g. CECC, DSCC, IECQ) or within an international second party system.
Where the component manufacturer is not assessed as in 5.3.2.1 above then the Plan owner shall demonstrate how the process management capability of the component manufacturer is ensured. Where the Plan owner conducts or enables an audit on the component manufacturing facility then suitably trained auditors shall conduct the audit in accordance with one of the above systems (as in 5.3.2.1).
The Plan owner shall document the component qualification process for...
