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What is Nadcap?
(Formerly: National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) Nadcap is the leading worldwide cooperative program of major companies designed to manage a cost-effective consensus approach to special processes & products and provide continuous improvement within the aerospace & automotive industries.
Nadcap Mission:
The Nadcap mission is to provide international, unbiased, independent manufacturing process and product assessments and certification services for the purpose of adding value, reducing total cost, and facilitating relationships between primes and suppliers.
ACACD provides Nadcap consulting
Nadcap process and product certification is provided by Performance Review Institute (http://www.pri-network.org/Nadcap). ACACD provides document development, training and consulting services to prepare a company for the PRI Nadcap audit.
Nadcap Programs
There are various Nadcap quality standards for different products, manufacturing processes and services.
Nadcap Programs
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Special Processes |
Systems & Products |
Nondestructive Testing |
Sealants |
Materials Testing |
Distributors |
Heat Treatment |
AQS (AC7004) |
Coatings |
Fluid Distribution Standards |
Chemical Processing |
Elastomer Seals |
Welding |
Composites |
Nonconventional Machining & Surface Enhancement |
Electronics
Fasteners |
Each of the Nadcap Programs above include sub-programs. For instance, Heat Treatment has at least 10 Alloy Families, 16 Processes, and 3 Services.
Under these programs, a supplier of an accredited product, process or service is authorized by Nadcap to use the program’s mark (a mark of conformity) and a certificate to indicate that the accredited product, process, or service is in compliance with applicable standards and/or specifications.
Why become Nadcap Accredited?
There are two primary reasons for seeking accreditation. The most obvious reason is that your customer is making accreditation mandatory for doing business. The second reason is because the various standards will ensure that consensus-based best practices are implemented for increasing quality of a product process or service. ISO 9000 only prescribes general requirements for business management. Nadcap goes much further to ensure the quality of a specific area of your business, based on detailed and proven methodologies.
How do you implement Nadcap?
ACACD provides a step-by-step roadmap for accreditation. Typically, the first step is to implement AS9100 or AC7004 (International Aerospace Quality Management Systems). ACACD specializes in the integration of these requirements with comprehensive training, consulting and document development.
After compliance with this management system, the next step is for ACACD to perform a Nadcap assessment to one or more specific product, process or service standards. The result is a gap analysis report, which will dictate the customization of an ACACD proposal for Nadcap-specific implementation.
ACACD will provide hands-on assistance for each Nadcap program, which may include a gap assessment, process development, training, and audit preparation.
ACACD’s roadmap to Nadcap Accreditation will put you on the road to success. By contacting ACACD, you are ensuring that your Nadcap system will be done right the first time with experts in your industry. ACACD will expedite your timeline to accreditation and will minimize your internal business disruption with our hands-on approach.
Non-Conformance Reporting with Root Cause & Corrective Action Training
ACACD provides a one-day session of on-site training for non-conformance reporting with root cause analysis and corrective action training (NCR-RCCA). Lack of proper NCR-RCCA training is the area of Nadcap compliance in which most companies will fail, adding unforeseen costs to the program and build months of frustration.
To prevent Nadcap audit failures and build on the Nadcap Merit Program (reducing auditing costs), ACACD highly recommends that all Top Management, Quality Personnel, and Nadcap-related process personnel attend this one-day training session. Each session will allow a maximum of 20 trainees. Nadcap has a very stringent and particular format for NCR-RCCA. Nadcap requires that teams of employees work together on each NCR-RCCA found during the PRI audit. Therefore, teams should be trained together, have a common approach and unified expectations.
Nadcap Preparation consulting
Preparing for an upcoming Nadcap audit can be a worrisome, costly and time consuming event for companies required to be Nadcap approved. This especially applies to companies that are just starting the process of Nadcap approval. Your first audit will require a great deal of preparation and that preparation should be comprehensively focused in relevant areas to make it your efforts effective. Bringing systems and people up to the expected Nadcap chemical processing level of performance can tie up quality/production personnel for months. We can help!
ACACD offers Nadcap preparation consulting by qualified, knowledgeable Nadcap professionals. We help prepare everything including equipment, process paperwork/ specification compliance and include testing for chemical processing. We supply a consultant that evaluates your company from start to finish. Don’t leave it to chance make sure that your audit goes smoothly. If you’re ready to take the next step in your quest for quality by becoming Nadcap approved.
Contact us for a estimate on how we can make this journey easier.
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