A Practical Field Guide for AS9100 [Paperback]

Erik Valdemar Myhrberg (Author), Dawn Holly Crabtree (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 10, 2006

The purpose of this field guide is to assist the reader, step-by-step, in implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) in conformance with AS9100. This field guide has been created in order to foster an inner-reliance between senior management, middle management, functional teams and the individual. Users of the field guide will find within it practical tools, tips and techniques useful for not only implementing a QMS but also for maintaining one. What separates this field guide from most other books on AS9100 and its implementation are the flow charts showing the steps to be taken in implementing a QMS to meet a sub-clause’s requirements. You need to turn out aerospace conforming parts on time, every time, and at a competitive cost, as that's exactly what the companies that can compete now and in the future will do. A Practical Field Guide for AS9100 will help to get you there. Contents: Preface Section 4: Quality Management System Section 5: Management Responsibility Section 6: Resource Management Section 7: Product Realization Section 8: Measurement, Analysis & Improvement Field Anecdotes AS9100 Documented Requirements by Section Glossary Bibliography

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About the Author

Erik V. Myhrberg is CEO and cofounder of Moorhill International Group, Inc., an Arizona-based firm dedicated to fostering international relations through commerce and cultural exchange. He has been involved in technical marketing and operations with such multinational firms as IBM and American Express. He has more than 15 years of experience within the area of international management system standards as auditor, consultant, and member of U.S. Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) TC 207 and TC 176. He holds a BS in international marketing from Arizona State University, an MIM in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management, and a PhD in international business from Rushmore University. He is a senior member of ASQ. Dawn Holly Crabtree is President and founder of Competitive Improvement Specialists Inc., where she leads businesses of all industries through projects that introduce step-change productivity and quality improvements across all organizational functions. She also provides training and support of Six Sigma process control, lean techniques, ISO-based quality management systems, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, strategic planning, inventory management, e-commerce, and project management. She has over 12 years experience as a quality professional, previously serving as a Black Belt /Quality Engineer for Strategic Quality & Sourcing / Process Control at Honeywell Aerospace. She has an AA in engineering science technology from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and a BS in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University. She is a senior member of ASQ and CQMgr, CQE, CQA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: ASQ Quality Press; 1 edition (June 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873896823
• ISBN-13: 978-0873896825
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,463,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Complete Waste of Paper, April 28, 2009

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Joseph Ruthenberg "Quality Manager" (Dayton, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Practical Field Guide for AS9100 (Paperback)

Where do you begin reviewing this book? Let me summarize it for you. Imagine the AS9100B standard, with the 9102 audit questions. That's pretty much it.

The book purports to be a practical guide, but in reality, it just re-states each section from the standard, then adds a section called "internal audit questions" that are just that, and finally, a section called "management summary", which is supposed to be for top level managers, I assume.There is nothing in this book to help you.

Let me re-state that, just for emphasis. There is nothing, not the slightest thing, that will prove useful to you in this book.

I'm actually curious how the authors have not been sued by SAE, since the book is pretty much a 100% recycle of copyrighted material.

I had high hopes for this book. There simply aren't any books or resources to help with the transition from ISO to AS9100, and this book does nothing to help that situation. I had hoped to find it full of advice, but there isn't any. For example, Section 4.3 refers to configuration management. This is the entire advice for this section: "Required: A documented procedure. Remember, the procedure should simplify the configuration process. All design and contract reviews should feed into this process." I'll let that sink in for another moment. That is the sum total of words on configuration management. So, if, for example, you were expecting to actually learn some pros and cons of different methods, or perhaps, maybe just to learn what configuration management is, you were expecting too much.

Seriously, this book is a huge disappointment, and a total waste of your time. You'll have better luck on the forums of various quality websites asking questions.

1.0 out of 5 stars One or Both of These Authors is a Blithering Idiot., August 28, 2011

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Koneko - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Practical Field Guide for AS9100 (Paperback)

I had hoped this book would actually be helpful to me, however, it most certainly was not. It is most unfortunate that trees had to be killed only to have this catashtophe of written work splashed across their pages.

3.0 out of 5 stars A Practical Feild Guide for AS 9100:2004, December 16, 2009

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Jeff Goff (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Practical Field Guide for AS9100 (Paperback)

Not as informative as I was hoping, the book doesn't go deep enough into the individual specifications. There are a few "slippery" areas in the spec where the wording could mean different requirements, depending on who was reading it, and thier background. I was hoping that this book would help clear up those areas, but it did not. I realize that this book is probably not intended to be a "tell all" for AS 9100, but it does clarify many of the specs, but not all of them. On the plus side, the book is better than most that are comparable in price.