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3.5 Product Identification and Traceability
The Supplier shall maintain traceability of product manufacturing lots unless otherwise
specified. Upon request, the Supplier must be able to provide process documentation from a
particular manufacturing lot.
3.6 Product Conformance
The Supplier shall ensure all product being shipped meets all product specifications. It is the
responsibility of the Supplier to demonstrate the conformance of the product. In the case of
source inspection, a Brasscraft auditor will perform an on-site product inspection. This source
inspection does not relieve the Supplier from performing their own inspection, and if an issue is
found, the Supplier must perform corrective action to determine why the issue occurred and
why the issue was not caught during their own inspection. The Supplier will also be responsible
for reworking the product, so it meets all product specifications.
3.7 Control of Nonconforming Product
A Supplier shall not knowingly ship any product that deviates from the Brasscraft approved
drawing or specification without written authorization from Brasscraft. In case of
nonconforming product, the Supplier must immediately notify the Brasscraft buyer and
Brasscraft quality representative and contain all product that is nonconforming. This product is
to be clearly identified on site at the Supplier.
If such a condition exists, the Supplier may complete a Supplier Deviation Request to request
authorization of use of the product. If the Brasscraft Buyer requests samples of the deviating
items, the Supplier must send samples to Brasscraft for further evaluation. The cost of shipping,
inspection, and testing will be charged to the Supplier. Upon approval, Brasscraft will send a
signed copy of the Supplier Deviation Request to the Supplier, and this will enable shipment of
the product. If the deviation is rejected, the Supplier must not ship the product, and they will be
held responsible for these items.
A deviation is applicable only to the product and timeframe for which it was submitted, and it
shall not be used as a permanent engineering change. The Supplier must immediately begin the
process of identification of root cause and implementation of corrective action. The approved
Supplier Deviation Request form shall indicate how to identify the deviating product, and the
Supplier must adhere to these guidelines.
Nonconforming product can be reworked. Rework is defined as additional operations that are
not part of the normal production flow that will bring a product back into conformance with
specifications. The Supplier is responsible for generating work instructions and re-inspection
requirements to support rework operations, and these rework instructions must be retained as
a record. All rework must be inspected and approved by a qualified supervisor of the Supplier.
3.8 Nonconformance Report and Response Timing
Nonconforming product may be found during inspection or assembly at Brasscraft
manufacturing locations or as returns from the field. If this occurs, a Nonconformance Report,
or NCR, will be addressed to the Supplier. In this occurrence, the Supplier will receive an
automated notification with a link to the NCR workflow. In this workflow, the Supplier must
enter containment activities performed, a well thought out root cause analysis with supporting