AS9100 certification in the Philippines

AS9100 certification in the Philippines at a glance

Aerospace buyers look up suppliers in OASIS, the IAQG's database of organisations certified to the 9100 series, so an AS9100 certificate matters only if it appears there. For Philippine machine shops, electronics assemblers and component makers that want to sell into aerospace supply chains, that listing is the practical driver; the records checked for this page show no Philippine regulation requiring AS9100 of private manufacturers. Export manufacturers in economic zones, including the Clark Freeport Zone and the light-manufacturing estates of New Clark City, are the usual candidates. Certification is issued by a certification body accredited for the 9100 series under IAQG rules, and the Philippine Accreditation Bureau's published IAF MLA scopes do not list it, so the body's accreditation should be checked directly. Sterling prepares the quality management system from its Manila office, adding configuration management, first article inspection, product safety and counterfeit-part prevention to the ISO 9001 core, with Effivity and Sterling Academy included.

Who needs AS9100 in the Philippines, and what happens without it

In the Philippines 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.

• Precision machining and component manufacturers supplying aerospace customersAerospace buyers check supplier certification in OASIS.
• Export manufacturers in Clark and New Clark CityCustomers in regulated supply chains ask for sector-specific quality systems.

AS9100 requirements in the Philippines

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

In the Philippines 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 the Philippines

One team from the Manila office carries the work from scoping to certificate. Metro Manila and other Philippine sites, on-site from the Makati office; remote delivery for distributed teams.

1. Discovery call and scopeEntities, locations, regulators and target date, agreed before any proposal.
2. Gap assessment against AS9100 and the Philippine 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 the Philippines?

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

• Product and process complexity, including special processes
• Customer-specific requirements
• First article inspection and configuration management records
• Certification body scheduling around Holy Week, the year-end holidays and weather-related work suspensions

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 the Philippines?

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 the Philippines these factors move both.

• Number of sites and product families
• Certification body audit fees quoted separately from consulting
• Special-process controls and supplier oversight

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

AS9100 consultants and certification bodies in the Philippines

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 the Philippines 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 the Philippines: questions clients ask

More on AS9100 for Philippine organisations

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

Other standards Philippine businesses ask Sterling for

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

All 23 standards Sterling delivers in the Philippines →