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> > Interesting approach!  I've been dealing with Quality System Audits for
> > over 17 years and I've never had an auditor request how we trace back an
> > out of calibration condition to a previously performed test...
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> I thought this was standard!  I've been involved in supplying military
> components for years.  Most contracts call out MIL-STD-45662 as a calibration
> standard - and you are required to be able to do this.

I was talking about the "non-MIL" world of ISO-9000.  There is no require-
ment for tracing unless you set it up within your own system.  In the
commercial world, you'll typically not know what piece of equipment was
used to test which final assembly, nor does the customer care.

I did have a particularly dense Gov't Inspector tell me that, "We want you
to set up an expensive system, you can just raise your price to us."

Sorry, folks, that doesn't work in the commercial world, and it shouldn't
work in the MIL-Procurement world either.  (What ever happened to Cost of
Quality?)


> >                         Larry McElhiney, QE (ISO Coordinator)
> >                         Plantronics, Inc.
> >                         Santa Cruz, CA
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> How is your ISO certification going?  Are you certified?  We had our pre-
> assessment, and will have the assessment the last week of this month.
>

We've been ISO-9001 registered for 2 years.  Good luck with yours.


                                Larry