Design package
Share current drawings, models, revision identifiers, tolerance notes, and any critical dimensions before DFM and quotation begin.
Program Standards
How qualification requirements, documentation routes, and release checkpoints are aligned before tooling or production starts.
Alignment Before Release
This page is about scope control, not extra certification claims
The standards route exists to keep buyer requirements aligned with the published quality boundary. It frames what should be defined before quotation, DFM, tooling, first-article review, and release.
- Held systems, published targets, and documentation routes are kept separate
- Drawings, revision control, and critical dimensions should be raised early
- Material, hardness, and cleanroom requirements shape the route before production starts
Qualification Setup
Three inputs that should be clear before the route is locked
The goal is not more process language. The goal is a cleaner qualification handoff between buyer expectations and the actual production route.
Material and process fit
Raise material supplier preferences, hardness targets, cleanroom needs, and other application constraints before the process route is confirmed.
Qualification checkpoints
Confirm DFM validation, FAI, sample approval, release documents, and any customer-specific review steps before launch.
Public-Safe Boundary
Use the current published reference set, not inferred promises
The standards page helps teams align around what is already public: held ISO systems, published quality targets, and documentation routes for applicable programs.
Anything beyond that should be raised explicitly during qualification, not implied by the page structure.
Held management systems
- ISO 9001:2015
- ISO 14001:2015
Published quality targets
- DPPM: <= 1,000
- First-pass yield: >= 97%
- Acceptance rate: >= 98%
Documentation routes
RoHS and REACH are handled as documentation support for applicable programs. They are not presented here as extra held certifications.
Route Links
Use the adjacent trust pages for the right part of the review
- Certifications for held certificates, pathway items, and non-claims
- Testing & Inspection for the four-stage quality route and partner-lab coordination
- Resources for downloads and buyer-facing route guidance
Qualification Reminder
Raise the right questions early
- Customer-specific standards should be raised before quotation
- Medical and automotive requirements should stay explicit, not implied
- Program-specific release documents should be agreed before tooling or production is committed
Need to align requirements before quotation?
Use the quote route when the program is ready for technical review, or move to the certifications page first if your supplier approval flow starts with held-system verification.