Aerosapien Technologies LLC Standard Purchase Order Terms and Conditions

Quality system requirements: The Supplier shall implement and maintain an effective quality system that has been deemed satisfactory by ATL. The quality system shall assure that all materials and services conform to purchase order requirements, be documented and provide for early detection of nonconformances. Records generated by the quality systems shall be made available for periodic review when deemed necessary or requested.
Non conforming material: The Supplier shall not ship or make any unauthorized repairs to product with the intent of delivering material that does not fully meet purchase order or product specification requirements. The Supplier shall notify ATL QA Head, of potential nonconformances prior to shipment. Authorization to ship nonconforming material may be approved with prior notification and approval from ATL Quality Assurance. Shipping of nonconforming material without written prior approval may disqualify Suppliers from additional procurement. All material rejected by ATL, and subsequently resubmitted shall be identified as being previously rejected.
Product or Process changes: Changes to product design, materials or processes, which affect form, fit, function, performance, quality, reliability or safety shall not be implemented without written approval by ATL. The Supplier shall notify ATL of changes to facilities or locations where the product was initially produced or when product may require a recall due to a change in product or process. Our organization requires that all special processes required by this purchase order must be performed by competent qualified personnel.
Right to access supplier facilities and applicable records: ATL and regulatory authorities shall have right of access to any and all facilities where work is being performed or is scheduled to be performed, including those facilities of Supplier's sub-tier Suppliers, in order to perform inspections, surveys or system surveillance as part of verification of conformance to the requirements and also to all applicable records. Supplier's denial of access may result in disqualification of future procurement by ATL. The Supplier shall include the provisions of these facility access requirements in its PO's with sub-tier Suppliers. This access shall provide, at no increase in price, cost or fee to ATL and its customers, or regulatory authorities, suitable facilities at Supplier's and sub-tier Supplier's manufacturing location to perform inspections, surveys, or surveillance. Our Organization requires that the External Provider shall maintain the proper identification and revision status specifications, drawings, process requirements, inspection/verification instructions and other relevant technical data.
Corrective action requests: When nonconforming materials received from Suppliers are detected at ATL, corrective action will be required. Suppliers are expected to communicate how they intend to correct the immediate discrepancy as well as what they intend to do to correct the root cause of the nonconformance and prevent recurrences. Failure to respond in a timely manner may cause a delay in payment and adversely affect the Supplier's Quality Performance Rating.
Preservation, packaging, packing and shipping: Unless specific packaging instructions are called out on the purchase order, the Supplier shall assure that material to be shipped is clean, dry, and packaged in a manner that will afford adequate protection against corrosion, deterioration, ESD and physical damage during shipment.
Record retention: Records shall provide objective evidence of inspection with applicable drawings and specifications. Unless specifically mentioned in the purchase order, the supplier shall retain all applicable records like test reports, tractability records etc at least for 5 years. Records shall include corrective actions taken when applicable.
Monitor Performance: Our organization reserves the right to monitor our external provider's performance including. 1. Supplier Risk 2. Quality of product or service delivered. 3. On time delivery of product or service.
Verification: Our organization reserves the right to designate requirements for verification or validation activities that we or our customer, intend to perform at the external providers' premises. Our organization reserves the right to approve or specify any test, inspection, and verification (including production process verification);
Approvals: Our organization reserves the right to approve or specify any special requirements, critical items, or key characteristics;
Workmanship: The Supplier shall ensure a consistently high quality of workmanship. Workmanship shall be monitored to assure that purchase order and specification requirements are being maintained.
Flow-down of requirements: The Supplier is responsible to ensure that all applicable requirements are flowed down to sub-tier Suppliers. Where a sub-tier supplier controls critical processes, characteristics or features, the Supplier is responsible for control of sub-tier Suppliers and assuring that the sub-tier Supplier meets purchase order requirements. The Supplier is responsible to ensure that the sub-tier Supplier is using the latest process / drawing revision.
Foreign object debris program: ATL is required to maintain a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) prevention program. Suppliers shall assure cleanliness of products provided to ATL to the extent necessary to maintain compliance to this program. Delivered material must be clean and free from any material/debris, such as machined chips, burrs, grinding dust, forming materials, corrosion, oil, solder, flux and other foreign material on surfaces to prevent FOD entrapment.
Prevention of counterfeit parts: Please ensure that counterfeit parts are prevented to be added in the part supplied to us.
Awareness of people: Please ensure that all your personnel are aware of their contribution to product or service conformity, their contribution to product safety and the importance of ethical behavior.