An integrated modeling method for assessment of quality systems applied to aerospace manufacturing supply chains

Abstract

In highly regulated industries such as aerospace, the introduction of new quality standard can provide the framework for developing and formulating innovative novel business models which become the foundation to build a competitive, customer-centric enterprise. A number of enterprise modeling methods have been developed in recent years mainly to offer support for enterprise design and help specify systems requirements and solutions. However, those methods are inefficient in providing sufficient support for quality systems links and assessment. The implementation parts of the processes linked to the standards remain unclear and ambiguous for the practitioners as a result of new standards introduction. This paper proposed to integrate new revision of AS/EN9100 aerospace quality elements through systematic integration approach which can help the enterprises in business re-engineering process. The assessment capability model is also presented to identify impacts on the existing system as a result of introducing new standards.

Components of the Preliminary Conceptual Model for Process Capability in LGPD (Brazilian Data Protection Regulation) Context

“…Compliance with new regulation [28]. The introduction of new quality standards can provide the framework for the development and formulation of new innovative business models -the positive view of implementing new regulation [29], and the restrictions or recommendations for the management and performance measurement systems [30] [31].…”

Ranking manufacturing processes from the quality management perspective in the automotive industry

“…It seems surprising when quality practices during manufacturing are important for offer a high‐quality product that can reach customer expectations (Muruganantham et al, ). Thus, the proposition of a model for evaluating KPIs regarding quality and ranking of the business subprocesses of the produce/assemble/test product becomes important to achieve the above‐mentioned benefits of quality management in the automotive industry: business processes improvement, new standards, cost reduction, and economic growth (Harun & Cheng, ; Wu, ). In the case of the automotive enterprises studied, it is assumed that the mentioned organization may abstract its manufacturing process through the subprocesses defined by American Productivity & Quality Center classification framework, as its division is wide and applicable to different enterprises.…”

“…A good definition of KPIs may show differences between current and desired quality performance (Muruganantham et al, ). It is worth mentioning that the quality improvement of the mentioned processes can favour the quality of other business processes and the customers through the introduction of new standards (Harun & Cheng, ) and cost reduction (Wu, ), affecting the national economic growth with its subsequent effects in the regional economy. It is known that the automotive industry is a very dynamic and it contributes considerably to global gross domestic product and to different regional economies.…”

Standardizing Innovation Management: An Opportunity for SMEs in the Aerospace Industry

“…Due to their operating conditions, their results are restricted to very high-quality and reliable standards [75]. However, despite being a highly regulated sector, it is still possible to adopt innovative business models that allow operating in lean, agile, resilient manufacturing supply chains [76,77]. In this context, the development of aerospace technologies is very fast, and has stood out at the vanguard of many other industrial sectors.…”