To certify is a formal confirmation as true, accurate, or genuine.   
 Supplier records and certifications are considered one of the best   
objective evidence of quality.  It is basically a obligation and   
statement that the supplier "certifies that the product manufactured   
under any purchase order or contract was done so to all applicable   
drawings, notes, and specifications requested by the customer".  A   
material certification is the same, the material provided is exactly what   
the customer asked for.

It becomes a problem for come contractors who have suppliers who will   
based on limited information, substitute materials, or processes based on   
cost, availability, etc.  Certifications of Conformance, or Materials are   
used to discourage this.

Excuse the soapbox, but I have spent the last 20 years trying to educate   
suppliers on the criticality of this objective evidence.

Thanks
Darrell Bonzo
EDO Corporation

      


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From:  KoizumiT
Sent:  Tuesday, June 03, 1997 10:34 AM
To:  dabonz; jasatt; IPCe
Subject:  How do you use Material Certificate?


Dear Tech Netters;
   

 Does anyone kindly advise me the purpose of "material certificate" and
desirable style of it?
 We are a manufacturer of Flexible Printed Circuit, and our customers who
assemble our FPC in their product often asked us to submit them "material
certificate" (not MSDS) concerning our product. I suggest that these kind   
of
documents will be used for UL application, but am not sure.
 It seems that even some of our customer who export their assembled unit   
for
overseas can not say for certain.
 I appreciate any suggestion very much because clear understanding makes   
it
easy
to carry the work out!
 Thanks in advance.

Toru Koizumi
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