AS9100 certification in Belgium

AS9100 certification in Belgium at a glance

For Belgian suppliers to the aerospace chain, the AS9100 question usually starts with a customer's quality clause rather than a Belgian regulation. Primes name the standard in purchase terms, flow down their own requirements and approve suppliers by their own audits. The standard builds on ISO 9001 and adds aviation, space and defence requirements such as configuration management, product safety and counterfeit-part prevention. Certificates come from certification bodies that your customers accept, ideally accredited by BELAC, which European co-operation for Accreditation lists as an EA MLA signatory for management-system certification. Sterling prepares the system, supplier flow-downs and internal audits from its Enschede office, so that the certification audit finds a working system. Sterling does not certify, and the scheme rules decide which bodies qualify.

Who needs AS9100 in Belgium, and what happens without it

In Belgium the question rarely comes from a law. It comes from the buyer, the regulator or the partner that wants proof before it signs. These are the organisations that get asked.

• Machining, composites and assembly suppliers to aerospace primesPrime contractors set the quality-system requirements for their supply chain through their own approval processes.
• Air-cargo and aviation-services firms at Brussels AirportQuality and traceability expectations run through the aviation chain.
• Electronics and materials suppliers moving into aerospaceA recognised aerospace quality system helps new entrants through customer qualification.

AS9100 requirements in Belgium

Strip away the vocabulary and AS9100 asks a supplier to prove six things about delivering aerospace products safely and on time.

In Belgium these six sit alongside the local laws and regulations listed under drivers below; one system can evidence both. The detail is on the global hub: AS9100 explained →

How to get AS9100 certified in Belgium

One team from the Enschede office carries the work from scoping to certificate. Clients in Belgium are served from Sterling's Enschede office, on-site where the work needs it and remotely otherwise.

1. Discovery call and scopeEntities, locations, regulators and target date, agreed before any proposal.
2. Gap assessment against AS9100 and the Belgian requirements that apply to youControls you already run for your regulators and customers are reused, not rebuilt.
3. Your system built with your team in EffivityRisks, controls, evidence, incidents and reviews in one live system the auditor can see.
4. Internal audit, management review and corrective actionsYour internal auditors trained by Sterling; the evidence proven before the certification body arrives.
5. Certification body stage 1 and stage 2, then surveillanceAn accredited body audits and decides. Sterling supports the audits and the three-year cycle.

The Sterling Promise: 100% on-time completion, 100% success, 8,100+ client engagements.Sterling does not certify. Certification decisions stay with independent bodies.

How long does AS9100 certification take in Belgium?

There is no standard duration: it depends on your scope and on how much of the system already runs. In Belgium these are the factors that set the timeline.

• Number of sites and product families
• Customer-specific requirements flowing down
• Configuration management and product-safety processes
• Certification body scheduling around the summer holiday period

Sterling agrees a dated plan with you on the discovery call, once the scope is known.

• Scope and timeline estimator

How much does AS9100 certification cost in Belgium?

The cost has two parts: the consulting work to build and prove the system, and the certification body’s audit fees, which are quoted separately. In Belgium these factors move both.

• Sites and headcount in scope
• Depth of special-process, counterfeit-parts and traceability controls
• Certification body audit fees quoted separately from consulting
• Integration with an existing ISO 9001 system

Sterling gives one customised, all-inclusive proposal after the discovery call, never before the scope is agreed.

AS9100 consultants and certification bodies in Belgium

Two different organisations are involved. A consultant helps you build the system and prove it works; an accredited certification body then audits or assesses it and decides. Keeping the two separate is what makes the result credible to buyers and regulators.

• Check that the body’s accreditation or approval covers AS9100 and your sector, and that its certificates can be verified online.
• Ask the consultant how the local requirements in Belgium are mapped into the same system, so nothing runs twice.
• Ask for client references in your sector; Sterling’s client letters are available on request.
• Agree who owns the evidence and the tool after the engagement; with Sterling the system stays yours, in Effivity.

AS9100 in Belgium: questions clients ask

More on AS9100 for Belgian organisations

• AS9100: the complete guide
• Watch: How to implement AS9100
• AS9100 certification in Belgium and every other standard Sterling delivers there

Other standards Belgian businesses ask Sterling for

Organisations in Belgium often combine AS9100 with one of these, under one management system where the scopes allow.

All 22 standards Sterling delivers in Belgium →