Director :

Purpose

Performing quality activities of SSM acquisition projects, in accordance with NATO and International standards in a systematic and well-disciplined fashion during their life cycle.

Objectives

• ENSURING OUR COUNTRY’S QUALITY APPLICATIONS TO BECOME KNOWN AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
  BY TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATO QUALITY ORGANIZATIONS
• GENERATING AND APPLYING APPROPRIATE METHODS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT QUALITY ACTIVITIES IN COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
• EVALUATING DEFENCE INDUSTRY’S QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FROM THE SECTORAL, CONTRACTOR, SUB-CONTRACTOR’S PERSPECTIVE, MAKING APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS AND PROVIDING COORDINATION BETWEEN SYSTEMS

Organization Chart

PRESENT SITUATION TABLE OF THE SSM- QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES PERFORMING ACTIVITIES AT THE CONTRACTOR/ SUB-CONTRACTOR COMPANIESTASKS OF GROUP LEADERS, QUALITY ENGINEERS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES 

Group Leader (GL)

• Information sharing with Quality Engineers, Quality Assurance Representatives and Test Engineers about projects
• Forming contract articles and agreeing with the contractor
• Planning and following Quality Assurance Representatives’ tasks
• Following the project groups’ activities and informing Quality Engineers, Quality Assurance Representatives and Test Engineers
• Determining application methods and forming standard documentation
• Providing information flow in the group by arranging meetings

Quality Engineer (QE)

• Determining the Quality System level that will take part in the RFP
• Performing survey/evaluation activities at contractor before signing the contract
• Following Quality applications at the design and development phases
• Informing Quality Assurance Representatives about the projects’ quality activities of SSM

Quality Assurance Representatives (QAR)

• Tracing the contractor’s quality management system applications
• Participating reviewing activities at the design phase
• Controlling the production processes and products’ consistency with documentation
• Reporting to Quality Engineer and Group Leader if deviation occurs in the process and product specifications
• Performing surveys at the sub-contractors, if it is needed
• Participating Material Review Board (MRB) meetings and evaluating “Use-As-Is” and “Repair” decisions for the nonconformances
• Participating Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, approving Class-II changes and informing Quality Engineer and Group Leader for other change proposals
• Participating Corrective Action Boards, starting corrective action for the repeating nonconformances and following the corrective action implementations started by the Contractor
• Following and controlling the changes of procedures defined in the Quality Plans
• Following the standard repair activities consistency with the procedures approved before
• Informing the Group Leader about minor waiver and deviation proposals
• Participating physical and functional configuration audits
• Controlling of the products’ suitability with respect to product base line and controlling whether the products completed the production processes for acceptance or not

Industrial Quality Section

Purpose

Within the framework of Law No: 3238, performing acquisition activities of the Modernization Programs of Turkish Armed Forces (TuAF) are given to SSM. In the scope of this law, to improve the defence industry, Industrial Relations Section has been established to coordinate and/or manage the activities defined below: 

• INSPECTION AND EVALUATION OF THE PRIME/ SUB CONTRACTORS’ QUALITY SYSTEMS 
• REPRESENTATION OF SSM IN NATO- AC 327 (LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT GROUP) AND INTERNATIONAL (ISO TC 176) ORGANIZATIONS 
• ENSURING INDUSTRIAL COORDINATION AMONG THE DEFENCE RELATED CONTRACTOR, SUB CONTRACTOR AND SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRICES (SME)
• FULFILLING INDUSTRIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS IN ACQUISITION PROJECTS AND REPRESENTATION OF SSM IN MULTINATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP (MISWG)

Objectives

• UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF QUALITY-TEST AND CERTIFICATION DEPARTMENT, TO ESTABLISH COORDINATION AND COOPERTION AMONG USER, ACQUIRER AND SUPPLIER 
• CONTRIBUTING THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTEGRATION AND COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGIES OF THE DEFENCE INDUSTRY , BY PROVIDING DEFENCE FIRMS TO ATTEND AND FOLLOW THE QUALITY AND QUALITY RELATED INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ACTIVITIES OF NATO AC 327 AND ISO TC 176

Activity Areas

In accordance with the purpose and objectives mentioned above, the Industrial Relations Section’s activity areas of are as follows:

EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF PRIME/SUB CONTRACTOR QUALITY SYSTEMS IN SSM PROJECTS

By the process that is defined below, Prime/Sub Contractors and SME’s quality management and industrial security systems are evaluated and analyzed whether they fulfill the contract requirements or not and also following the developments of the management systems and ensuring their reflections to applications.

QUALITY SYSTEM EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS PROCESS

Fields of Evaluation and Analysis:

• Planning
• Contract Management
• Design/Development Processes
• Purchasing Processes
• Test and Evaluation
• Product Identification and Traceability
• Configuration Management
• Documentation
• Corrective/Preventive Actions
• Control of Nonconformities
• Sub Contractor Management
• Risk Management 

ISO TC 176 and NATO AC 327

Representing SSM in International (Civilian) ISO TC 176, ISO IEC JTC 1 SC 7 and NATO AC 327 Organizations, which are responsible to carry out the composing and updating of Software/Hardware Quality Management Standards, according to the requirements, and following the developments in system standards and informing Turkish defense industry.

Providing the participation of Turkish defence companies’ in the ISO TC 176, ISO IEC JTC1 SC 7, NATO AC 327 Main Group/Sub Group/Working Group activities. 

ISO TC 176

 

ISO-IEC JTC1 SC 7

NATO AC 327- LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT GROUP

INDUSTRIAL COORDINATION

Carrying out stakeholder activities of defense industry by organizing “Quality Congress” every year to:

• overcome the difficulties of today,
• be ready for tomorrow’s mission,
• generate a “COMMON UNDERSTANDING” through “INNOVATIVE” approach instead of “PERSUER” approach for securing the integration of stakeholders to the activities.

The theme of the Congress will be determined by taking account the opinions of all stakeholders, encountered problems will take place within the approved theme and actions will be planned and implemented according to the scope of specified strategies. 

STAKEHOLDER INTEGRATION

INDUSTRIAL SECURITY

Carrying out the activities related with security and secrecy, within the scope of Defense Industries Security Directive (MSY: 317-2B), as an authorized body, called as National Authority for Defense Industry Security.

APPLICATIONS

Evaluating and analyzing the industrial security systems of Prime/Sub Contractor and SME’s capabilities, in case of fulfillment of contract requirements at their facilities

Following the developments (NATO, MISWG) in industrial security, combining these developments with national laws and ensuring these developments whether they are reflected to applications

Following the activities in accordance with Industrial Security Requirements of the contract