AMC1 21.A.139(d) Production management system

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 40

QUALITY MANAGEMENT ELEMENT

The quality management element is an organisational structure, included in the production management system, with responsibilities, procedures, processes, and resources that implement a management function to determine and enforce quality principles.

The quality management element should be documented in such a way that the documentation can be made easily available to personnel who need to use the material for performing their normal duties, in particular:

— procedures, instructions, data to cover the issues of point 21.A.139(d)(2) are available in a written form;

— distribution of relevant procedures to offices/persons is made in a controlled manner;

— procedures which identify persons responsible for the prescribed actions are established; and

— the updating process is clearly described.

The manager responsible for ensuring that the quality management element is implemented and maintained should be identified.

The CAA will verify on the basis of the exposition and by appropriate investigations that the production organisation (PO) has established and can maintain their documented quality management element.