AS9100 Clause Register

What it does

AS9100D has roughly 90 normative requirements. Auditors walk through each one asking: "show me evidence". The clause register is your pre-built answer.

Menu: Plating → Aerospace → AS9100 Clauses.

The model

Each clause is a row with:

• Clause number (e.g. 8.5.1)
• Clause title (e.g. Control of production and service provision)
• Requirement text (paraphrased from the standard)
• Our process that addresses it (free text or link to SOP)
• Evidence records (links to NCRs, CAPAs, training records, calibration records, etc.)
• Last reviewed date + reviewer
• Status (Compliant / Gap / Under Review)

Pre-seeded on module install with all AS9100D clauses — you don't start from blank.

Linking evidence

Open a clause. Click Link Evidence and attach:

• Document Control entries (controlled SOPs)
• Training records (operators trained on that SOP)
• Calibration records (if the clause is about measurement)
• NCRs + CAPAs (demonstrating nonconformance handling is actually used)
• Internal audit findings (for management-review clauses)

The auditor view is a printable PDF: each clause, requirement, our approach, list of evidence records.

Audit prep workflow

4-6 weeks before an external audit:

1. Run Clause Review Report — lists any clause with status Gap or Under Review.
2. Work through gaps. Most common: documented SOP missing, or evidence chain broken.
3. Assign clause reviews to process owners — QA, Engineering, Ops.
4. Track to closure.

Auditor day-of

Auditors can work from your clause register directly:

1. Click Auditor Mode → read-only view
2. Auditor requests clause X evidence
3. Click the clause, see evidence list, pull the records
4. If a record is missing, note as finding → create NCR

Complement with Nadcap

AS9100 is the management-system audit. Nadcap AC7108 (for chemical processing) is the special-process audit. They reference each other — compliance with one doesn't cover the other. Keep both registers current.

What can go wrong

Clause marked Compliant but evidence has gone stale

Calibration certs expire, SOPs get superseded. System flags clauses whose linked evidence is older than 12 months for review.

Auditor asks for evidence you don't have

Record as a finding. Don't try to manufacture evidence — that's a bigger issue than a gap.

Nonconformance on a clause → stays Compliant?

Wrong. Change status to Under Review, open the CAPA, link it, set review date to CAPA-due-date.