Hi Dale, We've always thought of J-STD-001 as the "how to" book and the IPC-A-610 as the "inspection criteria". I believe that if you combined the two you'd end up with a pretty big document. We like having the 610 on the line as a reference without all the verbiage of the 001. Just my Thursday $ .02! KennyB -----Original Message----- From: Dale Ritzen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:07 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Differences - Similarities between J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 After reviewing each of these documents I have to ask - why have both? They cross over on so many lines I stopped counting. I suppose I'm missing the most obvious, but it looks like we have some unnecessary duplication here. Need your opinions, please (humble or otherwise)... Why have both? What are the intrinsic differences between them that make it imperative to have both? There must be some since we still use both. Can they be combined into one, all encompassing document? If not, why not? Just waxing philosophical this morning and would like your opinions in the matter. Thanks in advance, Dale Ritzen Quality Manager Austin Manufacturing Services --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------