Advanced Metal Etching Provides Photoetching of Thin Metal Parts

Vendor Survey for Part Etching Processing and Procedures

This is a supplier acceptance survey. It is our intention to achieve a survey of your company, without inconveniencing your productive time. We would appreciate it if you would take the time to answer this questionnaire as accurately as possible about your part etching processing. Please check the answer box that most accurately describes your answer. If no answers best describe your photo etching processing, please write any notations near the subject. You may fax your response to 260-894-4190 or email to: marlie@metaletching.com.

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Quality Information
A. What type of supplier are you to Advanced Metal Etching?
B. Do you have a Quality System in place? Yes No if so, please choose one of the following and return a copy of the current certificate with the survey.
QS9000 ISO 9001:2000 ISO (Other) QA Manual
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If you are certified in QS or ISO, you need NOT fill out the rest of the survey. Please provide your certificate number.
1. Is there a quality system?		Yes	No
Is it documented?		Yes	No
Is one in the process of being designed?		Yes	No
There is no system and no intention of creating one.
2. Does a Quality Manual exist?		Yes	No
Does it define responsible authorities and their effect on Quality?		Yes	No
No manual exists, but one is being created.
3. Do you have a documented procedure for dealing with non conformities?		Yes	No
Are non conformities reviewed, analyzed, and communicated to Advanced Metal Etching?		Yes	No
Are written responses returned in an appropriate time frame?		Yes	No
4. Is there a Quality department?		Yes	No
Who do they report to?
5. Do you have documented and scheduled upper management meetings to review the quality effectiveness?		Yes	No
6. Do you review contracts at the time of acceptance?		Yes	No
Do you match purchase orders against the request for part numbers, material specs, or design?		Yes	No
No verification is needed because it is for "reference only".
7. Do you perform audits on your processes and procedures?		Yes	No
Are the audits documented for review?		Yes	No
No, we do not audit processes or procedures, but do document required changed.
8. Are there documented procedures and work instructions?		Yes	No
Verbal training is all that is required.
Customer's documents is all that is needed by our employees.
9. Do you have a documented procedure for calibration of measuring equipment?		Yes	No
Are calibration dates, issues, and re-calls documented?		Yes	No
Are calibrated devices traceable to national standards and is the verification on file?		Yes	No
10. Is purchased material inspected upon receipt?		Yes	No
Is the inspection documented?		Yes	No
Spot checks are scheduled at certain intervals.
No incoming inspection is required for our process.
11. Do you use SPC to monitor and control your process?		Yes	No
12. Are all products and materials inspected and documented prior to shipping?		Yes	No
13. Is your handling, packaging, and shipping adequate to preserve the quality during shipment?		Yes	No
Are you willing to meet a customer's packaging and shipping requirements if it is not part of your normal process?		Yes	No
14. Do you have a procedure for identifying and segregating nonconforming material/product?		Yes	No
Do you perform root cause analysis to resolve a nonconforming issue?		Yes	No
Do you perform corrective action to verify the resolution of a nonconformance?		Yes	No
15. Do you have a system to review current and revised document during your process?		Yes	No
Do you have a master list of documents and current revisions?		Yes	No
16. Do you rate your supplier's based on a performance level?		Yes	No
Would you welcome a representative from Advanced Metal Etching to perform an on-site visit?		Yes	No
17. Do you have a system to monitor Advanced Metal Etching's requests/orders?		Yes	No
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