It’s Almost Here! – 2018 ASA/AFRA Conference

We are just a few days away from the 2018 Aviation Suppliers Assn. (ASA)/Aircraft Fleet Recycling Assn. (AFRA) Conference which begins Sunday, June 24th and ends Tuesday, June 26th. This conference is one of the largest for the aviation distributor industry and draws aviation professionals worldwide with a range of business development and management, quality assurance, legal/regulatory and general industry topics. We always look forward to attending this conference where we have the opportunity to interact with aviation professionals from around the world.

This year’s conference will be held at OMNI Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia and feature keynote speakers Robert Taylor, SVP Technical – Apollo Aviation, Jim Lundeen, Head of Supplier Support – Airbus Americas, and Adam Pilarski Ph.D., SVP – AVITAS. In addition to these keynote speakers, SimpleQuE President, Jim Lee, will be presenting three workshops, two for third party auditors (on Saturday prior to the conference). Topics include:

• June 23 – Auditor Training:
  Third party aerospace and ISO auditors will learn how to understand and audit operational risks (clause 8.1.1) in the aerospace standards (AS9100D and AS9110C) versus risk management (clause 6.1) in the ISO 9001 and AS9120B standards.
• June 23 – Auditor Training:
  This training teaches third party aerospace and ISO auditors how to audit quality objectives, which pulls in context, policy and strategic direction.
• June 25 – Strategic Direction, Quality Policy and Quality Objectives: A Three-Course Meal of Quality Planning:
  This workshop covers the interrelationship between a company’s context, strategic direction, quality policy and quality objectives. It applies to companies trying to get certified to ISO or AS, or are trying to make their quality systems more practical.

Look for highlights from the conference next week on our social media platforms and in the coming weeks we’ll have our conference recap here on the blog where we will be sharing Jim Lee’s workshop presentations which will be available for download. Stay tuned!