Graham brings up the legal aspect of your question. 

We face the issue occasionally here when we talk about Rockwell Collins 
Workmanship Standards vs. IPC-A-610.  Bryan James, who leads our internal 
workmanship standards group, is also heavily involved in the A-610 group, 
as are several others of us.  So there is a great deal of agreement 
between the RC WSM and A-610.  However, because A-610 is a concensus 
document for the industry, it is not always sufficient, for our products. 
So in most cases, our workmanship standards are, in my opinion, as good as 
or better than IPC-A-610, again, for our products.  So, when a customer 
asks whether or not we meet A-610, I feel comfortable saying yes, because 
of this.  The really sticky part comes when customers ask if we are 
"exactly" following A-610.  Especially if lawyers are involved.  Making 
the assessment of whether our own workmanship standards are better 
requires thought and discernment, and customers don't always want to do 
that.

I think that from a practical standpoint, if your workmanship standards 
are "superior" to the industry documents, for your products, then you 
should be able to claim you meet a "lesser" standard.  Of course, that 
often takes a heap of explainin'........

Doug Pauls




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Hi Iain

Have you taken a look through the IEC web site: www.iec.ch

As regards Workmanship requirements, the nearest I can find is IEC 
61190. However, ISO 9000 in its various guises, is the QC system and 
it is for you to determine how you control that in your plant.

In the electronics section of IEC there are 1160 different standards 
- good luck!

You might keep-in-mind that, in EU law, International Standards take 
precedence over Industry Norms or in-house documents, this would also 
include IPC standards. Worst case, if your product causes someone to 
sue you and you aren't working to International Standards, you lose!

FORE!

Kindest regards,

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On 27 Nov 2007, at 16:46, Braddock, Iain wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Not being a CEM, I was wondering how you manage dealing with customers
> who provide different requirements of work, eg. work to meet the 
> quality
> reqt's of IEC..........X?
>
> If the operators are trained/accredited in say IPC, and provided the
> work carried out meets the quality/standard of the spec's laid 
> down, I'm
> assuming it isn't necessary to get accredited in the other spec's.
>
> Regards,
>     Iain.
>
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