8. Critical Process Control Requirement for critical, safety and regulation parts
This requirement is applied to Critical, Safety or Regulation parts specified by ISUZU which are manufactured through important production process, such as heat treatment, welding, and forging.
(Use Attachment A-3-1: Heat Treatment and Technology Evaluation Sheet or
Attachment A-3-2: Welding Process and Technology Evaluation Sheet or
Attachment A-3-3: Forging Process and Technology Evaluation Sheet)
The supplier shall submit application of Critical Process and to be approved before Start of Production.
Also Traceability Plan and Record Retention shall be executed for these parts. (Refer to section III-8: Traceability Plan and III-9: Record Retention).
Submit of application shall be before start of business, or at least 3 months before Volume Production attention to ISUZU Purchasing Department.
8.1 Contents of Application (Submit of Documents (2 copies))
8.1.1 Company outline
History, A capital, Number of employee, Facilities, etc
8.1.2 Similar part name, critical process name of current or past production.
For example,
Part name: Steering Shaft Critical process name: CO2 welding (shaft and universal joint)
8.1.3 Detail of manufacturing method for new part (Process and production condition)
For example,
Process: CO2 welding
Conditions (Parameter): Specifications of Diameter of filler wire, Electric current and volt, CO2 amount per minutes, torch speed, Kind of gas, etc.
8.1.4 Self-assessment and result
The supplier shall perform self-assessment and submit the result that shall be used using “Process and Technology Evaluation Sheet.”
8.2 After application(Submitted)
8.2.1 ISUZU will conduct supplier hearing investigation or on site Pre-Audit in case of necessity. If Pre-Audit result is not acceptable, ISUZU may examine changing of supplier.
8.2.2 If it is impossible for ISUZU to execute Pre-audit, supplier will be audited without Pre-Audit, and the supplier shall submit an improvement plan for pointed issues during audit.
8.2.3 ISUZU will evaluate the supplier performance and result will be notified to the supplier by "Process and Technology Evaluation Sheet".