Quality & Standards

Apply this to your next project

A quality-system certificate describes an organization’s certified scope; a workmanship standard describes acceptance criteria; and product compliance addresses a product’s applicable requirements. Buyers should keep these concepts separate and request evidence that applies to the actual facility, process and product.

The resources in this topic help you make requirements explicit, compare alternatives and record the assumptions behind a manufacturing decision. Use them alongside your product specifications and the input of the responsible engineering team.

Practical starting points

• Confirm certificate entity, site, scope and validity.
• Define contract-specific acceptance criteria.
• Agree traceability and record retention.
• Identify subcontracted operations.

Prepare your files with the RFQ checklist, or share your project requirements.