Supplier Information

All of the following requirements are based on ISO 9001(2008), Quality Management System Requirements.
Special requirements (SR’s) are included as coded notes with each purchase order as needed.  A full explanation of the SR’s is below.

Suppliers will respond to PMC or PMC customer corrective action requests within the specified time frame.

  1. Definitions
    1. Critical Suppliers are suppliers of materials and services that have a direct impact on the product or service that PMC produces, or on the process or process controls. Any supplier required to comply with Special Requirements is a critical supplier.
    2. Critical Custom Suppliers produce products and services where PMC or PMC’s customers control the quality requirements. Critical Custom Suppliers must comply with all of the requirements of this procedure.
    3. Critical Catalog Suppliers supply products where the quality requirements are specified by the manufacturer, or are produced to national or international standards and are offered as a commodity. Critical Catalog Suppliers must comply with any referenced Special or Regular Purchase order terms and conditions.
  2. General Quality Requirements
    1. Suppliers by acceptance of the purchase order grant right of entry to PMC, PMC customers and end users. Right of entry is entry is also granted to US regulatory agencies and the US Military. Right of access is to be granted within 72 hours of any request.
    2. Suppliers will notify PMC of any escapes of non conforming material or processes within 48 hours.
    3. Suppliers will notify PMC of any changes to ownership, physical location, quality contact information or customer approvals and third party registrations when these are used as a basis for approval.
    4. Any sample inspection must use a C=0 acceptance number and be based on recognized statistical sample plans.
  3. Quality System Requirements
    1. Suppliers are encouraged to develop and maintain appropriate quality systems that meet the requirements of ISO 9001 / AS 9100. Third party registered suppliers will be automatically granted initial approval. Customer approved sources are automatically granted approval for that customer.
    2. Critical Custom Suppliers must have systems in place to cover the elements below. Additional quality system requirements imposed by PMC's customers are listed on purchase orders or incorporated into the quality system survey when required.
      1. System for the Control of Records per paragraph 4.2.4.
      2. System for Contract Review per paragraph 7.2.2.
      3. System for Control of Customer Property per paragraph 7.5.4. (Not applicable to material suppliers)
      4. System for the Control of Monitoring and Measuring Devices per paragraph 7.6.
      5. System for Monitoring and Measurement of product and processes per paragraph 8.2.3 and 8.2.4.
      6. System for the Control of Nonconforming Product per paragraph 8.3.
  4. The following requirements are applied on a case by case basis by the use of the coded notes.   
    1. (SR1) Certificates of Conformance Requirements – CoC’s must be enclosed with each shipment.
      For materials each batch of material must be individually certified by the manufacturer for each manufacturing lot and the material must be received so that it is traceable to the certification provided. For metallic materials chemical and or physical test results are included when there are requirements on the material specification.
      For processing the certification must include each specification referenced on the purchase order. Supplier are to certify and work to the latest issue of all specifications including superseding documents unless the purchase order specifies a revision level.
    2. (SR2)Requirements for traceability by material, serial numbers, lot or batch. When testing or test samples are part of the requirements the product and paperwork will be traceable to the test performed and the test piece.
    3. (SR3)Requirements for life limited materials including the minimum amount of serviceable life expected and any environmental requirements during transportation and storage. When not specified the following conditions apply:
      Materials will be packaged and shipped in a manner that does not adversely impact shelf life or serviceability. Life limited materials will be received with a minimum of 80% of the total shelf life.
    4. (SR4)Requirements for approval of product, procedures, processes and equipment including end user, customer or NADCAP approval. When this special note is listed the PO will specify the end user or approval required.
    5. (SR5)Instructions for calibration and requirements for standards traceability.  Calibration service providers will maintain ISO 17025 3rd party registration. Calibration frequency and accuracy is governed by the PMC calibration instruction. Calibration sources must provide reports that include:
      Initial values, any repairs, adjustments or replacements made and final calibration values.
      Traceability to the standards used for calibration.
    6. (SR6)Quality System Requirements that exceed those required in this procedure when a specific quality system is required by contract.