Quality and Standards in Electronics

Contents

Foreword xv

Preface xix

Acknowledgements xx

Part 1 The. Importance of Quality Control and Quality Assurance 1

1.1 Quality control 2

1.2 Quality assurance 2

1.3 Specifications 4

1.3.1 The significance of specifications 4

1.3.2 Types of specification 4

1.3.2.1 General specification 4

1.3.2.2 Overall performance specification 5

1.3.2.3 Standard specification 6

1.3.3 Manufacturer's responsibilities 6

1.3.4 Purchaser's responsibilities 7

1.4 Quality assurance during a product's life cycle 8

1.4.1 Design stage 8

1.4.2 Manufacturing stage 10

1.4.3 Acceptance stage 11

1.4.4 In-service stage 11

1.5 Benefits and costs of quality assurance 13

1.6 Costs of quality ...