Unsalvageable Items Management – Requirements for Aviation, Space, and Defense Organizations AS9147

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/AS9147

Issuing Committee: G-14 Americas Aerospace Quality Standards Committee (AAQSC)

Publisher: SAE International

Pages: 7

Rationale: This document standardizes unsalvageable item management process requirements to the greatest extent possible. It can be used at all levels of the supply chain by organizations around the world to mitigate the risk to use unsalvageable items within aviation, space, and defense products to improve and ensure the performance, reliability, and safety of these products. This standard provides the following potential benefits: Standardizes unsalvageable management process requirements. Integrates aviation, space, and defense industry best practices and guidance. Increases product quality and safety. Achieves cost savings due to unsalvageable item reclassifications. Reduces waste/environmental footprint by fostering reclassification. Protects companies’ intellectual property by preventing reverse engineering on unsalvageable items.