Quality and Standards in Electronics

Quality and Standards in Electronics

by Ray Tricker
Released December 2012
Publisher(s): Newnes
ISBN: 9780080938431

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Book description

A manufacturer or supplier of electronic equipment or components needs to know the precise requirements for component certification and quality conformance to meet the demands of the customer. This book ensures that the professional is aware of all the UK, European and International necessities, knows the current status of these regulations and standards, and where to obtain them.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Quality and Standards in Electronics
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Part 1: The Importance of Quality Control and Quality Assurance
    1. 1.1 Quality control
    2. 1.2 Quality assurance
    3. 1.3 Specifications
    4. 1.4 Quality assurance during a product's life cycle
    5. 1.5 Benefits and costs of quality assurance
    6. 1.6 Costs of quality failure
    7. 1.7 Recommended further reading
  10. Part 2: Quality System
    1. 2.1 Basic requirements of a quality system
    2. 2.2 Quality-system principles
    3. 2.3 Quality-system reliability
    4. 2.4 Quality manual
    5. 2.5 Quality plan
    6. 2.6 ISO 10005
    7. 2.7 Quality records
    8. Appendix 2A: Quality organizational structure – management
    9. Appendix 2B: Quality organizational structure – quality assurance personnel (1/2)
    10. Appendix 2B: Quality organizational structure – quality assurance personnel (2/2)
  11. Part 3: ISO 9000
    1. 3.1 Interoperability of standards
    2. 3.2 The demand for standardization in support of quality systems
    3. 3.3 The background to the ISO 9000 set of quality standards
    4. 3.4 Future revisions of ISO 9000
    5. 3.5 ISO 9000
    6. 3.6 The ISO 9000 series
    7. 3.7 ISO 9004
    8. 3.8 Choosing the relevant part of ISO 9000
    9. 3.9 Assistance in obtaining a quality system
    10. 3.10 Recommended further reading
    11. Appendix 3A: Checklist for ISO 9000 (1/2)
    12. Appendix 3A: Checklist for ISO 9000 (2/2)
    13. Appendix 3B: The elements of ISO 9000 (1/6)
    14. Appendix 3B: The elements of ISO 9000 (2/6)
    15. Appendix 3B: The elements of ISO 9000 (3/6)
    16. Appendix 3B: The elements of ISO 9000 (4/6)
    17. Appendix 3B: The elements of ISO 9000 (5/6)
    18. Appendix 3B: The elements of ISO 9000 (6/6)
  12. Part 4: How ISO 9000 Can be used to Check a Company's Quality System
    1. 4.1 Internal audit
    2. 4.2 Responsibility
    3. 4.3 External audit
    4. 4.4 The surveillance or quality audit visit
    5. 4.5 Assessment of quality-management systems
    6. 4.6 Recommended further reading
    7. Appendix 4A: ISO 9000 auditor's checklist
  13. Part 5: Statistical Methods Applied to Quality Control
    1. 5.1 Probability function
    2. 5.2 Failure rate
    3. 5.3 Mean Time Between Failures
    4. 5.4 Quality control and testing
    5. 5.5 Planning a graph
    6. 5.6 How a manufacturer can 'guarantee' quality
    7. 5.7 Quality-control charts
    8. 5.8 Sampling methods
    9. 5.9 Other types of test
    10. 5.10 Recommended further reading
  14. Part 6: Maintenance and Control of a Quality System
    1. 6.1 Third party certification
    2. 6.2 BSI certification
    3. 6.3 Commercial benefits
    4. 6.4 BS 9000
    5. 6.5 BSI schemes
    6. 6.6 International harmonization of standards
    7. 6.7 CCA Scheme
    8. 6.8 UK Accreditation Service
    9. 6.9 MUAHAG
    10. Appendix 6A: The BSI Kitemark
    11. Appendix 6B: The CE mark (1/2)
    12. Appendix 6B: The CE mark (2/2)
    13. Appendix 6C: Certification services for manufacturers of electrical equipment for Canada
    14. Appendix 6D: The European Organization for Quality
    15. Appendix 6E: Standards used for procurement and MOD contracts
    16. Appendix 6F: The EMC Directive (1/3)
    17. Appendix 6F: The EMC Directive (2/3)
    18. Appendix 6F: The EMC Directive (3/3)
  15. Part 7: Availability and Interoperability of Standards
    1. 7.1 International, regional and national standards
    2. 7.2 European standardization (1/6)
    3. 7.2 European standardization (2/6)
    4. 7.2 European standardization (3/6)
    5. 7.2 European standardization (4/6)
    6. 7.2 European standardization (5/6)
    7. 7.2 European standardization (6/6)
    8. 7.3 Other international standards, specifications, documentation and information
    9. 7.4 Other National standards
  16. References
  17. Glossary of terms (1/3)
  18. Glossary of terms (2/3)
  19. Glossary of terms (3/3)
  20. Acronyms and abbreviations
  21. Index (1/4)
  22. Index (2/4)
  23. Index (3/4)
  24. Index (4/4)

Product information

  • Title: Quality and Standards in Electronics
  • Author(s): Ray Tricker
  • Release date: December 2012
  • Publisher(s): Newnes
  • ISBN: 9780080938431