SEDL / STP / STP1057-EB / STP25266S

Accrediting Component and Materials Suppliers Laboratories

Locke, JW
President, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, Gaithersburg, MD

Pages: 6    Published: Jan 1989

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Abstract

Just-in-time manufacturing principles require that quality assurance of components and materials supplied to the manufacturers be performed by the suppliers. This paper describes the evolution of a program developed by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to accredit these supplier laboratories in such a way that their test results will be recognized by a number of different manufacturers using the just-in-time manufacturing philosophy.