Different standards for different facilities
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Your dilemma is not uncommon when there is a split of functions between facilities. The final decision will come down to the customer requirements placed on you; if they are only for manufacturing the this is acceptable, but not if the customers are expecting engineering to fall under the same aerospace requirements. If your customers are not requiring AS9100, then the decision of how you apply the standards becomes more up to you since you will have different scopes and then treat the other facilities as suppliers into your processes.
The difficulty comes in your scope definition. Many of the additional requirements in AS9100 Rev D are manufacturing and product related, but not all (for instance, some are design and purchasing relat ed). You will need to justify why these non-manufacturing requirements are being excluded form your AS9100 scope when they are actually done for your company, especially if some of the design verification occurs in your manufacturing facility (such as building prototypes).
One final thing to consider is the difficulty in performing common processes (such as internal audit and management review) if you have different scopes in different facilities. You will likely end up duplicating these processes which can end up costing you more than the separate scopes save. Unless the facilities function completely separately from each other, having different scopes can be difficult and time consuming. I would often recommend against it.
For a better understanding of the AS9100 Rev D requirements, in particular those different from ISO 9001, see the whitepaper: Clause-by-clause explanation of AS9100 Rev D, https://info.advisera.com/9100academy/free-download/clause-by-clause-explanation-of-as9100-rev-d
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Mar 18, 2019