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Where to Start
• The Contract Review/Order Entry
Checklist generated at the beginning of
the order would be extremely helpful…
– If not available, need to do a purchase order
review now
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Where to Start
• Electric Boat Purchase Order Content and
Requirements:
– Invoked Drawings
– Invoked Material/Product Specifications
– Invoked Standard Clauses
– Special Instructions invoked specifically for
this Purchase Order (Buyer’s text)
• Supplier’s in-house status of the affected
product or service
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Electric Boat Purchase Order
Requirements
• Are all Supplements to the purchase order
available?
• Is a complete copy of the purchase order,
including line item part number
information, drawings, Buyer’s text,
standard clauses, etc. available?
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Drawings
• Is the revision of the drawing(s) and/or
specification(s) invoked by the purchase
order available?
• Is a complete copy of the drawing
including General Notes, Engineering
Parts List (EPL), Views, etc. available?
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Material Specifications
• Is the service or product to be delivered in
accordance with the specification invoked
in the EB purchase order?
• Is it to the correct revision?
– If not, is the revision used allowed per EB
Spec Effectivity Index (EB2P756)?
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Special Instructions
• Are there special instructions in the EB
purchase order (Remarks or Buyer’s Notes)
that affect the hardware and/or
documentation?
• Are there special instructions in the part
number that affect the hardware?
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In House Status of Material
• Have all the requirements of the manufacturing
and inspection processes and systems been
completed?
• Is Receipt Inspection OQE (test reports)
available?
• Have material markings been applied and
maintained and correct?
• Are in-house Travelers/Routers/Work Orders
completed and signed off?
• Is inspection and testing completed and
documented?
• Are Special Process procedures approved,
completed as required, and test reports signed?
• Etc., etc.
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Final Inspection and Testing
When all the information has been gathered, the FINAL
SHIPOUT INSPECTION can be completed:
– Complete final hardware inspection and testing in accordance
with the appropriate requirements.
– Assure all inspection and testing objective evidence has been
documented and is available.
– Assure all marking requirements have been applied on
hardware, marking is correct, and is completely legible.
– Assure all non-compliances are documented and approved on a
Vendor Information Request (VIR).
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Certification Documents
• Assure all records, test reports, drawings,
specifications, VIR’s, VPAR’s, and other
documents required by the Purchase Order are
available, legible, and that all work and actions
are complete prior to requesting Electric
Boat Source Inspection.
• Assure a copy of the OQE documentation that is
to accompany the shipment of hardware is
available. Also retain copy for file.
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Supplier Delegated Inspection
Program (SDIP)
• Electric Boat Supplier Quality has a
program allowing qualified suppliers to act
on behalf of Electric Boat Inspection
• Program is Supplier Delegated Inspection
Program, further described in Electric Boat
website Quality Section/Documents
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SDI Program Benefits
• Company and Inspectors are qualified and
approved by Electric Boat Supplier Quality
Assurance to participate in the Program:
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Established history with Electric Boat
95% Quality Rating for one year minimum
Demonstrated capabilities – hardware & software
Supplier management commitment to the SDIP
• Qualified Inspector and Analyst perform
inspection and verify OQE documentation on
behalf of Electric Boat Inspection.
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SDI Program Benefits – (con’t.)
• No waiting for Electric Boat Source Inspection
for Level N product.
• Assures product and documentation have
been verified acceptable prior to shipment.
• Assures Level 1 and SubSafe product and
documentation are adequately prepared for
Electric Boat Source Inspection.
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Where to Get More Information
for the SDIP
• Electric Boat Web Site
(www.gdeb.com/suppliers/quality section)
• Electric Boat Cognizant Supplier Quality
Engineer
• Electric Boat Buyer
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