Rich, Have you looked at the ISO 9000:2000 DIS (Draft International Standard) yet? ISO 9000:1994 will be replaced shortly by the 2000 revision...you can still get certified to the '94 version but after the update is released you will have three years to recertify to '00 and no further certifications will be made to '94. We currently have ~125 people, are a high mix/low volume house that does alot of high rel. & Military work. Quality Supervisor, QE, Training Supervisor, 5 floor inspectors, 1 quality tech. (data entry & chart formatting). Our receiving inspection is also under the quality banner. We have ~ 10 to 1 worker/inspector ratio under a 100% inspection methodology. Does this work? To a point. Does it make sense for you, probably not. As stated elsewhere everyone should be responsible for quality, but the extent that you formally distribute the work is up to you. Regards, Mike Sewell Quality Supervisor ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################