RIX Industries Flow Downs

7/11/2017

Description:

Supplier is responsible to maintain all inspection records, incl travelers, material, certs for min of 7 years. (Rev. 6/1/2020)

Clause:

Seller shall maintain records of all inspections and tests performed on items delivered to L3Harris. Records include, assembly, test, inspection and verification/ validation data identifying conformance to each of the requirements specified in the referenced drawing and/or specification as applicable. Records associate with manufacture of serialized or lot controlled articles Shall provide continued traceability of serial numbers or lot number identified through all phases of manufacture, starting with the raw material continuing through final acceptance of the end item. These records shall include heat and lot number of materials, unit or lot serialization and be traceable to the L3Harris’ Purchase Order number. If identified in L3Harris design media; The Seller shall keep records of any sampling plan requirements and Shall include lot quantity, sample size, sampling size requirement, and values for each part required by the L3Harris Design media. All records and test samples shall be made available to L3Harris and/or Government/Regulatory Representative upon request. These records shall identify non-conformances and shall be made available for L3Harris, L3Harris’ customer and regulatory review. Period of retention is XX years (see below) from close of order. This retention period supersedes retention periods identified in other clauses unless otherwise specified on the Purchase Order. A. Record Retention – 2 Years B. Record Retention – 3 Years C. Record Retention – 5 Years D. Record Retention – 7 Years E. Record Retention – 10 Years F. Record Retention – 15 Years G. Record Retention – 20 Years H. L3Harris-Specified Record Retention—Conformity records and QMS records shall be controlled. A documented procedure must define adequate secure storage, retrieval, retention, and disposition of records. It is the responsibility of the Seller to ensure that sub-tier suppliers also control records in accordance with this document. Design records shall be retained for the life of the product. Records related to the product (including manufacturing, purchasing, calibration, inspection) shall be retained for a minimum of years specified by L3Harris, in writing, prior to contract award. The Seller shall not accept the P.O. without receipt of the record retention timeframe. If seller cannot meet selected retention time, the Buyer shall be notified prior to contract award, in some cases the Buyer may be able to allow the Seller to ship all the records to satisfy this requirement. All deviations to this requirement must be issued in writing by the Buyer. Seller shall notify the Buyer 30 days prior to expiration of record retention time to allow for the retrieval of all records from Seller. Records held for the required retention periods may not be without Customer's written concurrence.