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Shop Aid / Manufacturing Aid Tools: A shop-made device to assist a particular
assembly/fabrication operator to do an operation more efficiently but is not required to do
the job every time. A shop aid is a non-designed, non-certified expendable item
fabricated and used by the factory during the manufacturing process that are consumed or
expended during a specific manufacturing process for which it was fabricated. Shop Aids
must not include any items that fall under the descriptions of equipment, special tooling
(ST), special test equipment (STE), or material. Shop aids are:
Control is dictated by functional/using department,
Generally a low cost item (e.g.,: less than $1,000.00),
Not required to do a job,
Not called out in work instructions,
Not used to control a design feature of a part or manufacturing process,
Never used for work acceptance of parts or processes,
Never used to control interchangeable features or replaceable parts,
Never used as a lifting device or test aid of any kind,
Never used as a safety item or for ergonomics, and
Never retained for follow-on use after completion of the specific manufacturing process
for which it was fabricated.
Special Test Equipment (STE): Single or multi-purpose integrated test units engineered,
designed, fabricated or modified to accomplish special purpose testing in performing a
contract. It consists of items or components that are interconnected and interdependent so
as to become a new functional entity for special testing purposes. It does not include
material, special tooling, facilities (except foundations and similar improvements
necessary for installing special test equipment), and plant equipment items used for
general plant testing purposes.
Special Tooling (ST): Jigs, dies, fixtures, molds, patterns, other equipment and
manufacturing aids, all components of these items, and replacement of these items, which
are of such a specialized nature that without substantial modification or alteration their
use is limited to the development or production of particular services or parts thereof or
to the performance of particular services. It does not include material, special test
equipment (STE), facilities except foundations and similar improvements necessary for
installing special tooling (ST), general or special machine tools, or similar capital items.
Specification: A document containing specific requirements for the design/definition,
fabrication, and inspection of an asset. Typically authored by Boeing and provided to
Seller for the purpose of asset identification of critical functionality, including but not
limited to, control, definition development, and fabrication.
Validation: Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that the defined
requirements for a specific intended use or application have been fulfilled. Validation
may include full or partial measurement, testing, simulation or other techniques as
needed. Typically validation is a determination not a task.
Verification: Confirmation that defined requirements have been fulfilled. Verification
includes measurements, testing, simulation, modeling or other techniques, as needed, to
document acceptance evidence. Typically verification is a physical task and not a
determination. Asset verification consists of three types: minor verification; major
verification assembly, and major verification fabrication. (See section 8.3 Asset
Acceptance Methods for details of each type.)