scope:

PURPOSE

This Marshall Policy Directive (MPD) is a basic manual providing information for the organizational structure, responsibilities, procedures, processes, and resources for implementing ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001, "American National Standard, Quality Management Systems - Requirements;" SAE AS9100, "Quality Management Systems - Aerospace - Requirements;" and NPD 1280.1, "NASA Management System Policy." The MPD is intended to be a top-level requirements document referencing lower-tier documents with more detailed requirements and instructions.

APPLICABILITY

This MPD, "Marshall Quality Management System Manual," establishes the Quality Management System (QMS) for Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to ensure consistent quality of NASA MSFC products and services and the safety of our customers, partners, employees, and products. All MSFC activities shall be conducted in compliance with the QMS and ISO 9001 requirements. The scope of the QMS is as follows: All products and services provided by the Marshall Space Flight Center. MSFC supports the NASA Agency infrastructure and is a major contributor to all its scientific and technical enterprises.

Additionally, the design, development, production, installation and servicing of flight hardware, flight software, and associated ground support equipment interfacing with flight hardware and flight software shall be conducted in compliance with AS9100 requirements.

All flight hardware, flight software, and ground support equipment (GSE) previously grandfathered for ISO registration and surveillance audits, when readied for re-flight, shall be considered in scope to the ISO 9001 and AS9100 requirements and this MPD. Exceptions shall be addressed case-by-case utilizing the process as defined in MPR 1410.2.

MSFC has also implemented an Environmental Management System (EMS), which is conducted in compliance with ISO 14001, "Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use." (See MPR 8500.2, "MSFC Environmental Management System Manual.")

The MSFC Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Management System is a part of the overall MMS, and is conducted in compliance with MPR 8715.1, "Marshall Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) Program."