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SABRe is the outward facing element of the Rolls-Royce Quality Management
System. It is designed to augment the supplier's existing QMS (including
external e.g. ISO 9000 Series / AS 9100 approval requirements) with
additional detail either not currently included, or not covered to
the depth required by Rolls-Royce or it’s customers and regulatory
bodies.
The SABRe documents clearly state the Rolls-Royce company expectations
of the supply chain in terms of performance and improvement. Please
refer to the SABRe introduction, for additional detail.
All suppliers who provide products and / or services that impact
upon Rolls-Royce and our customer requirements.
SABRe is intended to complement these processes with specific Rolls-Royce,
customer or regulatory requirements which are necessary for our business
and may either not be included within the 'baseline standards' (e.g.
Classified Parts Control), or may not feature to the depth we require
(e.g. Source Change Process).
Wherever possible, SABRe will utilise existing best practice or recognised
standards (e.g. AS 9102 - First Article Inspection) and documentation,
then augment them with any extra detail considered necessary to accommodate
additional Rolls-Royce requirements.
Yes. This will normally be specified on the covering Rolls-Royce Purchase
Order and may also be referenced as an integral part of specific contracts,
terms of business or long term agreements.
If you are also a 'Rolls-Royce Approved Supplier' then you will be
registered accordingly and subject to periodic surveillance assessments
by Rolls-Royce personnel against SABRe requirements, to ensure such
approval remains valid. Working in accordance with SABRe forms an
integral part of maintaining this approval.
It should be noted that not all topics may apply to specific Rolls-Royce
Business Units or product applications. Please refer to Global
Business Unit & Topic Applications for additional detail.
This is because your company is consistently not working to the requirements
of your own Quality Management System and / or external (e.g. ISO
/ AS) QMS approvals. SABRe does not replace these standards; it augments
them. (Please refer to Question 1 above and the SABRe:
General Overview for additional detail).
The raising of this report means there is something wrong with the
supplier own internal audit process and controls.
Wherever possible, each SABRe topic is generically structured to accommodate
the requirements of all participating Rolls-Royce Business Units and
their respective supply chain(s).
Where a particular Business Unit requires something additional / exceptional
which is peculiar to their needs (e.g. Rolls-Royce Corporation, Deutschland,
Energy Business, Naval Marine - Submarines etc.) this will be clearly
indicated in bold italic text. Please be
aware of this and action where necessary within your company.
Where shown, Site Specific Requirements shall be
actioned in conjunction with the relevant main topic requirements,
and not in isolation, unless otherwise indicated via a 'stand alone'
appendix for a particular Rolls-Royce Business Unit (e.g. Corporation,
Deutschland, Energy etc).
Regardless of whether selected sub-tiers are Rolls-Royce approved
, first tier suppliers are fully responsible for the control of all
work placed by them on such sources to ensure it meets both their
own and our definition requirements. Please refer to SABRe:
Control of Sub-tier Suppliers for additional detail.
This may include cascading the need for a First Article Inspection
Report (i.e. partial or full) where this is required for inclusion
within your overall pack for submission to the Rolls-Royce businessunit
placing the order.
Remember that whilst Rolls-Royce maintains a register of approved
sub-tier sources, this is based around their technical competency
in respect of specific Rolls-Royce processes / specifications (e.g.
RPS, EDS, MSRR etc.). We do not control their day-to-day compliance
or scheduled execution of any business placed with them by first tier
suppliers. You do!
No. The former will be authorised to undertake specialist repair activities
only (which may include the incorporation of Service Bulletins) on
nominated engine type component / assemblies / modules in accordance
with specific Rolls-Royce engine Repair Schemes. Normally such work
will be undertaken directly with or for Rolls-Royce customers, under
cover of their respective purchase orders.
The latter covers a supply source (usually first or sub-tier suppliers,
refer to the Definition
Index) who holds formal Rolls-Royce manufacturing / process approval
for a whole range of goods or services (e.g. manufacture of production
series engine components; repair & overhaul etc.) and is formally
classified / registered / approved accordingly. In this case, such
products will normally be contracted by and delivered to Rolls-Royce
Business Units.
Not at the moment. SABRe is currently being re-structured in three
phases (including a physical re-skin, new templates, rationalised
content etc.) split between October 2005, April and October 2006 when
all processes and documents will then be to a “common base /
template standard”.
The existing summary
document will remain in place in its current
format with the intention of reviewing future requirements from October
2006 onwards.
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