NMC PLANNING & OPERATIONS
FEBRUARY 2016
CONFIRMED
CONFIRMED MINUTES
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
MADRID, SPAIN
These minutes are not final until confirmed by the Management Council in writing or by vote at a subsequent meeting. Information herein does not constitute a communication or recommendation from the Management Council and shall not be considered as such by any agency.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016
1.0 OPENING COMMENTS
1.1 Call to Order / Quorum Check
The Nadcap Management Council (NMC) Planning & Operations meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m., 24-Feb-2016.
A quorum was established with the following representatives in attendance:
Subscriber NMC Voting Members Present (* Indicates Voting Member)
NAME / COMPANY NAME* / Latch / Anguelov / SAFRAN Group
* / David / Bale / Pratt & Whitney Canada
* / Pascal / Blondet / Airbus
* / Richard / Blyth / Rolls-Royce
* / Craig / Bowden / BAE Systems – MAI (UK)
* / Jeff / Cerre / Beechcraft
* / Russ / Cole / Northrop Grumman
* / Steven / Dix / Eaton, Aerospace Group
* / Hidekazu / Furugori / Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.
* / Scott / Iby / UTC Aerospace (Hamilton Sundstrand)
* / Jason / Jolly / Cessna Aircraft Company
* / Masahiro / Kawamoti / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
* / Karen / Kim / Sikorsky Aircraft
* / Kevin / Knox / Rockwell Collins
* / Bob / Koukol / Honeywell Aerospace
* / Ralph / Kropp / MTU Aero Engines
* / Jeff / Lott / The Boeing Company
* / Scott / Maitland / UTC Aerospace (Goodrich)
* / Frank / Mariot / Triumph Group
* / Frank / McManus / Lockheed Martin Corp.
* / Scott / O’Connor / Honeywell Aerospace
* / Ana / Ottani dos Santos / Embraer SA
* / Scott / Porterfield / Triumph Group
* / Fabrizio / Quadrini / AgustaWestland
* / Mark / Rechtsteiner / GE Aviation
* / Per / Rehndell / GKN Aerospace Sweden AB
* / Norberto / Roiz-Lafuente / Airbus Defence & Space
* / David / Soong / Pratt & Whitney
Supplier NMC Voting Members Present (* indicates NMC Voting Member)
NAME / COMPANY NAME* / Jim / Cummings / Metal Finishing Co.
* / Dale / Harmon / Cincinnati Thermal Spray
* / Tammi / Schubert / Helicomb International
* / Wilfried / Weber / PFW Aerospace GmbH
Task Group Chairpersons/Vice Chairpersons Present
NAME / COMPANY NAME / TASK GROUPChuck / Beargie / UTC Aerospace (Goodrich) / Conventional Machining as a Special Processing
Roger / Bloomfield / UTC Aerospace (Goodrich) / Electronics
Elaine / Boswell / Rolls-Royce / Metallic Materials Manufacturing
Mike / Coleman / The Boeing Company / Chemical Processing
Kent / DeFranco / Lockheed Martin Corp. / Sealants
Roy / Garside / Rolls-Royce / Electronics
Simon / Gough-Rundle / Rolls-Royce / Measurement & Inspection
Holger / Krueger / Airbus / Welding
Muriel / Malhomme / Airbus / Materials Testing Laboratories
Joel / Mohnacky / UTC Aerospace (Hamilton Sundstrand) / Coatings
Tom / Norris / UTC Aerospace (Goodrich) / Heat Treating
Keith / Panuska / Lockheed Martin Corp. / Composites / Non Metallic Materials Manufacturing / Testing
Dave / Royce / Pratt & Whitney / Nondestructive Testing
Mike / Schmidt / GE Aviation / Nonconventional Machining / Surface Enhancement
Udo / Schuelke / Honeywell Aerospace / Coatings
Steve / Tooley / Rolls-Royce / Welding
Paul / Woolley / Rolls-Royce / Nonconventional Machining / Surface Enhancement
Other Attendees
NAME / COMPANY NAMEStanley / Trull / Honeywell Aerospace
PRI Staff Present
Ethan / AkinsJerry / Aston
Mark / Aubele
Mark / Burval
Nigel / Cook
Marcel / Cuperman
Bill / Dumas
Susan / Frailey
Mike / Graham
Mike / Gutridge
Connie / Hess
Rob / Hoeth
Mark / Hunkele
Scott / Klavon
Gabe / Kustra
Jim / Lewis
Bob / Lizewski
Dave / Marcyjanik
Julia / Markardt
Kellie / O’Connor
Joe / Pinto
Keith / Purnell
Justin / Rausch
Glenn / Shultz
Ian / Simpson
Andy / Statham
Louise / Stefanakis
Louise / Stefanchik
Jon / Steffey
John / Tibma
Kevin / Wetzel
1.2 Jeff Lott noted that this meeting is for members of the NMC, Task Group Chairs, Vice Chairs, and PRI Staff. The following guests of the NMC Chairperson were introduced and acknowledged:
· Stanley Trull, Honeywell Aerospace
1.3 Code of Ethics, Anti-Trust & Conflict of Interest
The PRI code of ethics, anti-trust and conflict of interest policy was reviewed.
1.4 The Planning and Ops Agenda was reviewed.
1.5 Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
Motion made by Richard Blyth and seconded by Kevin Knox to confirm the minutes from the previous meeting. Motion passed and the October 2015 NMC Planning & Operations meeting minutes were approved as written.
2.0 RAIL Review – OPEN
The Rolling Action Item List (RAIL) was reviewed. Item #P&O-49 was closed.
For specific details, please see the attached RAIL.
3.0 eAuditNet weekly email subscriptions
This topic was in response to an action item from a previous meeting. Jon Steffey reported that Subscribers who have submitted a supplier list to PRI can sign up for weekly emails, which are commodity-specific and lists those suppliers on the Subscriber’s list which have had audits within the last seven days. For further details, please see the attached presentation.
4.0 Risk Mitigation PROCESS
Scott Maitland gave a presentation regarding changes that have been made to the Risk Mitigation process following the OP 1110 ballot, which has been approved. The new procedure will not be released until the necessary eAuditNet enhancements can be completed, which will take place later in 2016. For further details, please see the attached presentation.
5.0 Task Group Report / Discussion time
5.1 Aerospace Quality Systems (AQS)
Robin Borrelli reported on the current projects being addressed by the AQS Task Group. One of the current challenges is a lack of support for Auditor Observations. There is one issue requiring NMC support, which is they need more Subscriber Voting Members from those companies who subscribe to AQS. For more details, please see the attached presentation.
The AQS Task Group requested that the NMC Meeting take place on Thursday at every Nadcap Meeting, as the AQS Task Group has not yet met when the meeting is held on Wednesdays. Scott Klavon noted that during the NMC Steering meeting, the NMC approved a proposal to standardize the Nadcap meeting week schedule beginning in June 2018. Because of the addition of the split auditor conference in Europe and America, and the extra amount of time that Subscribers would need to travel, it was agreed to move the NMC Meeting consistently to Wednesday. Several of the larger Task Groups expressed a concern with the NMC Meeting taking place on Wednesday.
Following some discussion, a hand vote of the Task Group Chairs was taken where they indicated their preference for which day the NMC at Large should take place:
· Wednesday: 3 votes
· Thursday: 10 votes
There are some concerns with moving the NMC meeting to Thursday for those people who attend the Qualified Products Management Council (QPMC), which traditionally takes place on Thursday all day in October. PRI Staff agreed to work with Jim Lewis to ensure the QPMC Meeting is taken into consideration when revising the Nadcap Meeting week schedule.
Since the NMC voted differently during the NMC Steering Meeting, they were asked to take a re-vote based on the new information received from the Task Groups.
Motion made by Richard Blyth and seconded by Frank Mariot to approve consistent Nadcap Meeting week schedule with NMC at Large taking place on Thursday. Motion passed.
5.2 Conventional Machining as a Special Process (CMSP)
Chuck Beargie reported on the current projects being addressed by the CMSP Task Group. One of the current challenges is the lack of a Vice Chairperson. One suggestion for improvement is review of supplier special process nonconformances found outside of the Nadcap audit. For more details, please see the attached presentation.
5.3 Fluid Distribution Systems (FLU)
Keith Purnell reported on the current projects being addressed by the FLU Task Group, as the Fluids Task Group does not meet during Nadcap week. One of the current challenges and issues requiring NMC support is a lack of Subscriber participation. For more details, please see the attached presentation.
5.4 Measurement & Inspection (M&I)
Simon Gough-Rundle reported on the current projects being addressed by the M&I Task Group. One of the current large challenges is a lack of qualified Auditor candidates, with a large number of audits pending. There is one issue requiring NMC support, which is restructuring of checklists to accredit field work apart from the primary facility address for Laser Trackers. A sub-team was formed in Globalization to address this issue. For more details, please see the attached presentation.
5.5 Sealants (SLT)
Kent Defranco reported on the current projects being addressed by the SLT Task Group. Two of the current challenges are the new SLT application roll-out, as well as observation audits in Europe and Asia. There is one suggestion for improvement in regards to the Task Group report-out format, and should it be changed or updated? For more details, please see the attached presentation.
6.0 Observations
Bob Lizewski gave an update on the audit observations conducted between 01-Oct-2015 and 31-Jan-2016. In addition to the update, Bob noted that the Observation Dashboard is nearly operational, and is estimated to be completed in March 2016. For more details, please see the attached presentation.
Additionally, as a follow-up to an NMC action item, Bob reported that Scope Exceptions have now been removed from OP 1122 (Subscriber Accreditations) and requested that we do not create any new scope exceptions going forward. An Auditor Advisory will also be distributed following the Nadcap Meeting to inform the auditors.
7.0 NMC Standardization Committee
Bob Koukol reported on the previous request from the Chemical Processing (CP) Task Group to consider extending the time period allowed for appeals relating to merit issues. This issue was brought forward to the NMC Standardization Committee, who decided that no, the time period should not be extended. As a result of this discussion, another issue was brought forward during the Standardization Committee meeting, related to how the Task Groups handles specification or drawing violations and whether each Task Group treats all specification or drawing violation as an “escape”. As part of the current action item #50, Mike Graham will investigate how other Task Groups treat specification or drawing violations and whether they treat them as escapes.
8.0 Audit Effectiveness
Mark Rechtsteiner gave an update on the status of the Audit Effectiveness Sub-Team. The actions described on the slides will be flowed out to the Task Groups in time for the June 2016 Nadcap Meeting, along with an estimated timeline for implementation. This topic will also be revisited at the 2016 Auditor Conference as a follow-up from last year’s activities. For more details, please see the attached presentation.
9.0 Definition of main/satellite
Susan Frailey gave an update on the Staff Engineer (SE) SWAT sub-team that was formed as a result of an action from the October 2015 Planning & Ops meeting. For more details, please see the attached presentation.
10.0 other issues / new business / discussion
10.1 Keith Panuska noted that the Composites Task Group audit criteria AC7118 does not apply to MRO facilities, so they would like to add a statement that AC7118 only applies to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). This would be an editorial change to their checklist.
ACTION ITEM: Keith Panuska to send the proposed verbiage forward to the next Planning & Ops meeting. (Due Date: 22-Jun-2016)
10.2 Rolling Action Item List (RAIL) Review
One new action item was identified during this meeting and will be added to the RAIL.
10.3 Meeting Feedback
No feedback was received.
11.0 ADJOURNMENT –24-FEB-2016
Meeting was adjourned at 7:10 P.M.
Minutes Prepared by: Kellie O’Connor
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