Does TPI agencies comes under outsourced process as per Q1

Hi,Gbalaishore,
Your reply is so well and hopes it can be passed. Good luck!

gbalakishore said:

In the recent audit we had AAR stating TPI is not in the approved supplier list. We opposed the AAR and Auditor replied " APPEAL to API".

My Question is:

1) Does TPI activities comes under outsourced process?
2) If the customer PO states about the TPI requirement, even then its the responsibility of organization to approve the TPI and shall be listed out in the ASL?

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TPI is not outsourced process but actually outsource service which you use as per customer requirement.
Need to TPI listed in list of external laboratory which you use in calibration & inspection or ASL.

If TPIA (the third party inspection agency) is employed by the customer and is on behalf of the customer, or work on behalf of customer, the TPI does not replace or substitute facility's own inspection processes and it would be equivalent to have the customer performing a source inspection, TPI's activity is dependent of facility, it does not waiver facility's responbility for product conformance, in this case, TPI is not within facility's QMS, it does not belong to outsourcing or purchasing.

If TPIA (the third party inspection agency, i.e, external laboratory ) is employed by facility and provide testing/inspection for you, TPIA can be regar ded as External service providers, rather than outsourced activities within the scope of your QMS, supplier controls per 5.6.1 and verification per 5.6.3 can be applicable, and the facility shall still maintain responsibility for product conformance to specified requirements.