Additive manufacturing supplier risk mitigation

Sarah Zerga
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Sarah Zerga: Quality Assurance Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 111

Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement, 2019, vol. 2, issue 2, 111-121

Abstract: The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has established a quality assurance framework to mitigate additive manufacturing (AM) supplier risk. AM has expanded applications in almost every industry by offering a reduction in weight, lead time and likely cost; however, due to the rapid expansion of the AM industry, standards, requirements and procedures are not yet sufficient. This leads to a lack of consistent part qualification and variability in the supplier qualification process. To mitigate this, a cross-disciplined group authored a supplier quality requirements document for performing supplier audits and approvals. This requirements document has been a foundation for defining a quality framework, containing additional requirements and policies, to build AM parts for flight. This paper further explains JPL’s tactics and methodology in establishing that quality framework and requirements document.

Keywords: additive manufacturing (AM); 3D printing; supplier quality; quality assurance; powder bed fusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 M11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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