Sequence & AS9100 Work Instructions

AS9100 is intended to apply to all military manufacturing companies. The overriding theme is that assumptions are not allowed. Nothing can be left to pure "on-the-job training" or “tribal knowledge.” In an AS9100 environment, the requirements for procedural details and work instructions are very clear; production operations shall be executed in such a manner that all personnel have available to them correct and current data. Additionally, this information must typically be supplied to the customer and maintained for the purposes of traceability should a problem occur.  Sequence Enterprise offers military and aerospace manufacturers the ability to efficiently and cost-effectively manage manufacturing work instructions in a rigorous, version controlled environment. 

With integration to ERP, work instructions can be versioned to specific work orders / serial numbers providing complete traceability for any build.  Electronic delivery of work instructions to the shop floor and capture of information against the work order provides detailed records of what, when, where, how and by who a product was assembled.  All of this comes at a fraction of the cost of maintaining the same information in an “Office” or paper-based environment.

If you are a Sequence Enterprise customer or considering becoming one, we would welcome your questions, comments or feedback about your successes or struggles with AS9100 compliance.