Nadcap Overview

Nadcap Asia Symposium

in Japan
Oct31st-Nov 1st , 2011

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 Performance Review Institute (PRI)

• PRI is a not-for-profit affiliate of SAE

International
• PRI administers the Nadcap special
processes accreditation program on behalf
of its Subscribing Members and industry

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 PRI’s Mission

• PRI is a global provider of customer focused solutions

designed to improve process and product quality by adding
value, reducing total cost and promoting collaboration among
stakeholders in industries where safety and quality are
shared goals.
• PRI is led by a Board of Directors with responsibility for
strategic direction and financial stability
• The Board is comprised of leading Quality Executives from
some of the world’s largest aerospace companies

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 2011 PRI Board of Directors
 Stan Adachi  John Papadopoulos
 Boeing  United Technologies Corporation

 Robert Briggs  David L. Schutt

 GE Aircraft Engines  SAE International

 Kristin Slyker
 David Handley (Chairman)  Honeywell Aerospace
 BAE Systems (Operations) Limited

 Junji Tsuji
 Michael Hayward  Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co.
 Northrop Grumman Corp.
 Bernard Veyssière
 Mario Langlois  EADS
 Bombardier
 Steve Wells
 Jean-Jacques Orsini  Goodrich
 Snecma
 Li Wei
 Andy Page  Aviation Industry Corporation of China
 Rolls-Royce plc

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 Nadcap
• The leading, worldwide industry-managed
cooperative program of major companies
designed to manage a cost effective
consensus approach to special processes
and products and provide continual
improvement within the aerospace
industry
Compliance – Control – Cost Savings – Risk Reduction

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 Nadcap
• Special Processes
are those processes where the parameters are
directly influenced by component geometry
and/or the results cannot be confirmed by
inspection. e.g., NDT, Plating, Heat Treating.
• Products
are the manufacturing output of the combination
of distinct materials, parts and/or processes
which forms a whole. e.g., Composites,
Elastomer Seals, Electronics.
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 Number of Primes

7
10
20

15

0
5

1
1990

4
1991

1
1992
Americas

1
1994

1
1
1995
Europe

3
1998

1
2000

4
2001
2002 2

Year
5

2003
4
2

2004
4

2005
13

2
2

2006
Timeline of Primes

2007
1
2

2008
1

2009
1

2010
 Nadcap Accreditation Today

Special Processes Systems & Products

Non-Destructive Aerospace
Coatings Electronics
Testing Quality Systems

Non-Conventional Fluid Distribution

Welding Composites
Machining Systems

Chemical Conventional
Materials Testing Sealants
Processing Machining

Surface Nonmetallic
Heat Treating Seals
Enhancement Material Testing
 Nadcap Audit Process
Supplier Action PRI Staff Action
1 2 3 4

Request PRI Audit Auditor

Suppliers
Audit Scheduled Assigned

7 6

9 8 5

Task Group PRI Technical Audit

Issue Cert
Approval Staff Review Completed

Subscriber Action
 PRI and Industry Working Together

Establish
Subscribing Suppliers’ Audit
PRI Staff
Members Feedback
Criteria

Audit Criteria (AC):

Document containing checklists or other surveillance tools to be
utilized in the course of determining compliance to established
industry standards and Subscribing Member requirements.
 Audit Findings and Responses

Reduced risk to industry:

• Rigorous procedures developed governing audit failure and its

consequences
• Supplier advisories issued industry-wide allowing Subscribing Members
to take prompt action to prevent escapes
• Task Group provides ultimate approval and acceptance of audit
package
Major Nonconformance Minor Nonconformance:
o The absence of, or systemic
breakdown of, the Process Control o A non-systemic lapse in
and/or Quality Management system. conformance to the Process
Control and/or Quality Management
o Any non-conformance where the system.
effect impacts or has the potential to
impact the integrity of the product.

Confidential
Shared Program Management

Audit
Checklist
Process Evaluation/
Improvement

Auditor
Selection/
Interview/Performance
Subscribing Members
manage
Industrykey steps
experts
Corrective maintaining
manage allinvolvement
key steps
Actions As
Required and therefore regulatory
compliance

Audit
Audit Conducted
Findings
and Responses
 Audits
4769
4600
4389 4406
3871
3678

1198

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 Metric: Audit Review Cycle Time (MOS #16) - Initial

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 Metric: Audit Review Cycle Time (MOS #16) - Reaccred

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Supplier Merit – All Sectors

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 Focus on Supplier
• Help improve special processor
capabilities
• Understand needs of suppliers and how to
support them
• Position Professional Development as a
service to primes and suppliers
 Making Nadcap Global
• Auditor/Staff Language capabilities
• Increase non-North American auditors and
staff
• Focus on needs of Suppliers and Primes
from regions outside NA
• Monitoring capability of local language
audits
 Making Nadcap Global
• PRI recognizes that the internationalization of Nadcap and the
acceptance of the program by the global aerospace industry – is
key to the continual improvement of the industry and its Supplier
base
• At the same time, different countries/regions have different needs.
PRI needs to understand needs of suppliers and how to support
them
• PRI has identified some country-specific focus areas where the key
developments can be made

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 Nadcap in Brazil, China, Japan, India & Russia
• Brazil
– Embraer has joined Nadcap as a pending Subscriber. Expect to
have them as a Subscribing Prime by the end of next year.
• China & Japan
– PRI-JAQG Supplier symposium in Nagoya Oct 31st & Nov 1st
– PRI-COMAC Supplier Symposium in Shanghai on 3rd of November
• India
– India Office plans: Decision on hold until December 31st. Evaluation
of Prime & Supplier needs for PRI support in India continuing
• Russia
– Presented Nadcap at UAI Supplier Conference and agreed to co-
operate with UAI. Contacts/meetings with UAC, Irkut, Surkoi, MATI
and NIAT
– Technical symposium is planned for 2012
Questions