Nadcap MANAGEMENT COUNCIL TELECONFERENCE CALL

Nadcap MANAGEMENT COUNCIL 21-SEP-12

Nadcap MANAGEMENT COUNCIL TELECONFERENCE CALL MINUTES SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

1.0 OPENING COMMENTS

1.1 A quorum was established with the following representatives in attendance:

NMC Voting Members in Attendance

Corwyn Berger Exova, Inc. Pascal Blondet Airbus Chairperson Bob Bodemuller Ball Aerospace & Technology Corp. Michael Brandt Alcoa Christian Buck SAFRAN Jeff Conrad Cessna Aircraft Company Scott Iby Hamilton Sundstrand David Jones 3P Processing Daniel Lecuru Eurocopter Frank Mariot Triumph Group, Inc. Steve McGinn Honeywell Aerospace Colby Nicks Bell Helicopter Textron Mark Rechtsteiner GE Aviation Per Rehndell Volvo Aero Corp. Vern Talmadge Howmet Thermatech Coatings Kevin Ward Goodrich (UTAS) Vice Chairperson

Other Members in Attendance

Dave Georgette Sikorsky Aircraft

PRI Staff in Attendance

Jerry Aston Mark Aubele John Barrett Mike Graham Scott Klavon Jim Lewis Kellie O’Connor Glenn Shultz Ian Simpson Jon Steffey

2.0 Action Item Review

All open action items were reviewed. For more details, please see the attached RAIL.

NMC Action Item List.xls

3.0 Membership Update

Pascal Blondet introduced Tim Brooks as the new Subscriber Voting Member (UVM) for M7 Aerospace, replacing Gary Merrill.

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4.0 Committee & Sub-Team Status Reports

The NMC Organizational Structure was reviewed. It was agreed to remove the sub-teams which have been completed for more than one Nadcap Meeting, and to change the coloring on all sub- teams identified as “new” to “existing”, since they have now been in existence for more than one Nadcap Meeting.

NMC Committee Structure.pptx

A. Metrics Committee

Bob Bodemuller gave a Metrics Committee update. The on-time certification metric has been revised to remove extended certifications. For more details, please see the attached presentation.

Metrics 21sep12.ppt

1. Nadcap Effectiveness Sub-Team

This team has weekly teleconference calls scheduled leading up to the October Nadcap Meeting in Pittsburgh. They also have a scheduled meeting on Monday during Nadcap week.

2. Prime Data Integrity Sub-Team

Glenn is working to gather updated supplier lists. Recent updates have resulted in a 4% increase in the number of mandated commodity suppliers that are accredited or are working on becoming accredited in each of the three geographic sectors.

B. Standardization Committee

October 2012 will be Heather Meyer’s last meeting as Chairperson of the Standardization Committee. Steve McGinn will be the next Chair. The committee has one new project from the June 2012 meeting: standardized templates (agendas, minutes, etc).

1. Auditor Consistency Sub-Team

The sub-team has drafted a new NOP, which summarizes requirements for auditor consistency. In addition, the standard data set developed by the team will be reviewed in October by all Task Groups which have not already reviewed the information.

2. Smart Checklists Sub-Team

Team is working on detailed requirements definition. Leadership of this team will be transitioning from Laurie Strom to Bob Koukol. Phase 1 is expected to roll out by 1st quarter 2013.

3. Failure/Risk Mitigation Sub-Team

Pre-ballot comments are currently being resolved, completion expected prior to October Nadcap Meeting. A full letter ballot is expected following the Nadcap Meeting.

4. Time Cycle Definitions Sub-Team

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There is nothing new to report at this time, pending discussion of this topic at SAE Aero Council.

C. Ethics & Appeals Committee

Since last session, there have been 2 supplier appeals at the NMC level, 1 completed in mid- September (appeal upheld), and the other is currently in discussions, awaiting Supplier input.

D. Oversight Committee

1. Checklist Vision Sub-Team

Heat Treating and Materials Testing Task Groups are on plan for 2014, all other groups to be completed in 2013.

2. 2012 Oversight Audit Sub-Team

Team is currently in “yellow” status, as some reports from Oversight Auditors have not been received yet. The team will be meeting on Friday 26-Oct-12 in Pittsburgh to finalize.

3. Accreditation Extensions Due to Unrest Sub-Team

This is a new sub-team which has had its first meeting to begin discussions.

E. Globalization & Strategy Committee

1. Risk Assessment Sub-Team

A risk assessment of PRI will be conducted in late September via a face-to-face meeting at SAE International’s headquarters in Warrendale, Pennsylvania. This information will be reported to the NMC in Pittsburgh and then to the PRI Board of Directors in Nagoya. This assessment will be a “living” document, which will need to be reviewed periodically.

2. Equitable Contribution Sub-Team

Prime have been asked to conduct their own self-assessment, in addition to PRI’s assessment. The results of both assessments will be compared upon receipt of information.

3. Communications Sub-Team

This team is working to develop a library of presentation materials on a variety of topics, which will be available for NMC members to access and utilize.

4. Language / Culture Sub-Team

No updates at this time.

5. Potential New Task Groups

 Measurement & Inspection: Phil Bamforth and Mark Aubele plan to make a formal proposal to the NMC in October, requesting to be approved as a Task Group.  Castings & Forgings: There has been some preliminary activity, possible meeting to be scheduled in Pittsburgh. There has been some discussion as to whether Castings and Forgings should be pursued separately.  Raw Materials: No activity to date.

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Justin McCabe has been surveying some of the primes, and the next step is a conference call scheduled for later today, 21-Sep-12.

5.0 October 2012 Nadcap Meeting Agendas

The Agenda-at-a-Glance was reviewed as well as the agendas for Planning & Operations, Steering and the NMC general session. All agendas are posted on the PRI Website. As a reminder to all, the schedule for Pittsburgh reverts to the “old” schedule, with the NMC At Large meeting taking place on Wednesday morning. This is due to the Auditor Conference taking place the weekend prior to the meeting.

6.0 Other Issues / New Business

A. Future Meetings

Kellie O’Connor reviewed the 2012-2015 Nadcap Meeting schedules. A proposal has been received from the Estrel Hotel in Berlin for the February 2015 Nadcap Meeting.

A motion was made to approve Berlin as the February 2015 Nadcap Meeting venue. The motion was seconded and approved.

For information on the upcoming Nadcap Meeting locations, please see the attached presentation.

Future Nadcap Meetings 21Sep12.pptx

7.0 Adjournment

Minutes prepared by: Kellie O’Connor [email protected]