MSFC - NASA MPR 8730.3 REV M-1
CONTROL OF NONCONFORMING PRODUCT With Change 1 (9/2/22)
| Organization: | MSFC |
| Publication Date: | 18 November 2021 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 42 |
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PURPOSE
This MPR provides a system for documenting and dispositioning nonconforming products (i.e. MSFC hardware or software determined during manufacture, inspection, test, integration, or use not to meet applicable requirements) and preventing unintended use or installation at MSFC, to ensure safe products required by MPR 1280.10.
An overview of the nonconforming product process and forms is provided in Appendix E, for reference.
APPLICABILITY
a. This MPR applies to Center personnel, programs, projects, and activities, including contractors and resident agencies to the extent specified in their respective contracts or agreements. ("Contractors," for purposes of this paragraph, include contractors, grantees, Cooperative Agreement recipients, Space Act Agreement partners, or other agreement parties.)
b. This MPR does not apply to the Michoud Assembly Facility.
c. This MPR applies the following: all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term, "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.
d. This MPR applies the following: all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.
e. This MPR applies to nonconformances (documenting and resolving) for the following:
(1) Any items designated by the program/project as "flight hardware," "ground support equipment," or designated as "quality sensitive" (see MPR 1280.10 and MPR 8730.1),
(2) Items that are released by the MSFC Release Desk,
(3) Other hardware that has not been released by the MSFC Release Desk (e.g., Organizational Release items), but designated by the program/project/acti
(4) Quality sensitive purchased items found to be nonconforming at MSFC receiving inspection and that are accepted by the Contracting Officer as a contractual nonconformance (Reference 8730.1 and MWI 5100.1),
(5) Test facility hardware failures when their failure adversely affects testing of and/or there is a potential damage to flight or quality sensitive hardware or Customer Supplied Product (CSP) resulting from test facility failure (reference paragraph 2.3.2.1),
(6) CSP at MSFC, or
(7) Nonconformances in hardware outsourced by the ES20 Mechanical Fabrication Contractor, utilizing specific processes defined in organizational instructions.
f. This MPR applies to items identified in item P.2 e. delivered to the customer that are determined to be nonconforming after delivery or delivered items returned by the customer due to a failure.
g. Software nonconformances will be transferred to the cognizant software development organization and will be dispositioned by the Software Review Board and tracked to closure within the organization's closed loop system.
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