Quality and Standards in Electronics

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Quality

and

Standards

in

Electronics

• test equipment of a recognized type, standard and quality, regularly main-

tained and calibrated by an accredited calibration centre;

• better storage facilities.

But why bother with 'quality assurance'? It is very expensive to set up

and extremely expensive to run - is it really worth it? The short answer is,

'yes', for to be part of the lucrative European Single Market, manufacturers,

suppliers and sole traders must not merely be aware of the requirements and

need for quality assurance, they must also be able to prove that they are

capable of constantly producing a quality product that is as good as, if not

better ...