I would like to say Thank you to all of you who replied to my request for information of process qualification. This just re-affirms my confidence in Tech Net professionalism. Once again thank you to all. Barry Gallegos Process Engineer Western Electronics 1550 S. Tech Lane Meridian, Idaho, 83642 P- 208.955-9771 F- 208.955-9755 -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Kuhlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 10:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Process Qualification I would start by deciding if the process qualification can be done by product or by process. By product would be my choice. I would devise a quality plan that lists the process and also includes customer requirements/expectations. Then from that I would confirm that the process is capable and the operator who perform the task are competent. That is the inputs that ISO-9000:2000 will be looking for. From that I would perform in process checks to prove if the process is correct and still capable. These checks become the outputs for you to judge the process by. Then a quick acknowledgment at the end to say yea or nay to it should be fine. Be careful about processes that can degrade a component's life but not cause a latent failure. Kathy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------