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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Part 1 The Importance of Quality Control and Quality Assurance |
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1.3.1 The significance of specifications |
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1.3.2 Types of specification |
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1.3.2.1 General specification |
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1.3.2.2 Overall performance specification |
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1.3.2.3 Standard specification |
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1.3.3 Manufacturer's responsibilities |
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1.3.4 Purchaser's responsibilities |
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1.4 Quality assurance during a product's life cycle |
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1.4.2 Manufacturing stage |
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1.5 Benefits and costs of quality assurance |
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1.6 Costs of quality failure |
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1.7 Recommended further reading |
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Part 2 Quality System |
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2.1 Basic requirements of a quality system |
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2.2 Quality-system principles |
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2.3 Quality-system reliability |
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2.6.1 Management responsibility |
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2.6.4 Document and data control |
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2.6.6 Customer-supplied product |
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2.6.7 Product identification and traceability |
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2.6.9 Inspection and testing |
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2.6.10 Inspection, measuring and test equipment |
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2.6.11 Non-conforming service/product |
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2.6.12 Other considerations |
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Appendix 2A: Quality organizational structure -- management |
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Appendix 2B: Quality organizational structure -- quality assurance personnel |
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2B.1.1 General functional description |
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2B.2 Chief quality-assurance inspector |
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2B.3 Section quality-assurance inspectors |
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2B.4 Quality-assurance personnel |
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2B.5 Quality-assurance resources |
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Part 3 ISO 9000 |
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3.1 Interoperability of standards |
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3.2 The demand for standardization in support of quality systems |
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3.3 The background to the ISO 9000 set of quality standards |
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3.4 Future revisions of ISO 9000 |
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3.6.5 ISO 9000, 9002 and 9003 |
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3.8 Choosing the relavant part of ISO 9000 |
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3.9 Assistance in obtaining a quality system |
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3.9.1 Government assistance |
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3.9.1.1 DTI business links |
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3.9.1.2 National Quality Information Centre |
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3.9.2 Assistance for the small company |
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3.10 Recommended further reading |
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Appendix 3A: Checklist for ISO 9000 |
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Appendix 3B: The elements of ISO 9000 |
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3B.1 Management responsibility (ISO 9001: Section 4.1) |
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3B.2 Quality system (ISO 9001: Section 4.2) |
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63 | (2) |
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3B.2.2 The procedures manual |
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3B.2.3 Working instructions |
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3B.3 Contract review (ISO 9001: Section 4.3) |
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3B.3.1 The contract document |
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3B.4 Design control (ISO 9001: Section 4.4) |
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3B.4.2 Process control and instructions |
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3B.4.3 Marketing implications |
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3B.4.4 Components, parts and materials |
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3B.4.5 Specifications and tolerances |
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3B.4.10 Design process review |
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3B.4.11 Design verification and review |
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3B.5 Document and data control (ISO 9001: Section 4.5) |
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3B.6 Purchasing (ISO 9001: Section 4.6) |
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3B.6.1 Control of a product or service obtained from a third party |
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3B.7 Customer-supplied product (ISO 9001: Section 4.7) |
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3B.8 Product identification and traceability (ISO 9001: Section 4.8) |
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3B.9 Process control (ISO 9001: Section 4.9) |
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3B.10 Inspection and testing (ISO 9001: Section 4.10) |
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3B.10.2 Inspection and testing |
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3B.10.3 Inspection procedures |
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3B.11 Inspection, measuring and test equipment (ISO 9001: Section 4.11) |
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3B.11.1 Control of inspection, measuring and testing equipment |
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3B.12 Inspection and test status (ISO 9001: Section 4.12) |
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3B.12.1 Production control |
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3B.12.3 Special processes |
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3B.21 Control of non-conforming product (ISO 9001: Section 4.13) |
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3B.13.1 Material control and traceability |
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3B.13.2 Control of non-conformity |
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3B.14 Corrective action (ISO 9001: Section 4.14) |
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3B.14.1 Concessions and approvals |
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3B.14.2 Concession scheme |
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3B.14.3 Defects and defect reports |
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3B.15 Handling, storage, packaging and delivery (ISO 9001: Section 4.15) |
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3B.16 Quality records (ISO 9001: Section 4.16) |
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3B.17 Internal quality audits (ISO 9001: Section 4.17) |
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3B.18 Training (ISO 9001: Section 4.18) |
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3B.19 Servicing (ISO 9001: Section 4.19) |
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3B.20 Statistical techniques (ISO 9001: Section 4.20) |
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3B.21 Recommended further reading |
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Part 4 How ISO 9000 Can be used to Check a Company's Quality System |
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4.2.2 Results and achievements |
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4.3.1 Supplier evaluation |
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4.3.3 Pre-evaluation meeting |
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4.3.4 Study of the quality manual |
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4.3.5.1 Acceptable system control |
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4.3.5.2 Weak system control |
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4.3.5.3 Unacceptable system control |
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4.3.5.4 DTI manufacturers lists |
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4.4 The surveillance or quality audit visit |
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4.4.1 Multiple evaluations and audits |
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4.4.1.2 Third-party evaluation |
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4.5 Assessment of quality-management systems |
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4.5.5 Maintenance of approval |
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4.5.6 Triennial reassessment |
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4.5.9 Suspension or withdrawal of approval |
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4.5.10 Complaints and appeals |
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4.6 Recommended further reading |
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Appendix 4A: ISO 9000 auditor's checklist |
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Part 5 Statistical Methods Applied to Quality Control |
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5.3 Mean Time Between Failures |
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5.4 Quality control and testing |
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5.4.2 Non-destructive testing |
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5.4.3 Destructive testing |
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5.5.1 Identifying and assembling the data source |
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5.6 How a manufacturer can `guarantee' quality |
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5.6.2 Systematic variability |
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5.7 Quality-control charts |
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5.8.1 Sampling by batches |
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5.8.2 Sampling by attributes |
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5.8.2.1 Inspection by attributes |
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5.8.2.2 Inspection by variables |
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5.8.2.3 Comparison between inspection by attributes and inspection by variables |
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5.9.3 Assessed process average |
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5.9.4 Parts per million approach |
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5.10 Recommended further reading |
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Part 6 Maintenance and Control of a Quality System |
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6.1 Third party certification |
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6.1.1 Types of certification |
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6.1.2 Role of a certifying body |
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6.2.1 Consumer Protection Act 1987 |
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6.3.1 BSI Quality Assurance |
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6.3.2 National Accreditation Council for Certification Bodies |
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126 | (1) |
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6.4.1 Qualification approval |
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127 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Capability approval |
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6.4.3 The various standards making up BS 9000 |
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6.4.3.8 BS 9000: Part 8: Section 8.1 |
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6.4.3.9 BS 9000: Part 8: Section 8.2 |
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6.4.4 European and international equivalents |
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6.5.1 British Approvals Service for Electric Cables |
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6.5.3 Validation of manufacturers data scheme |
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6.5.4 Service Industries Scheme |
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6.5.5 UK Certification Authority for Reinforced Steels |
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6.5.6 BSI Registration of Licensees |
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6.6 International harmonization of standards |
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6.8 UK Accreditation Service |
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6.8.1 The role of accereditation |
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6.8.2 Identifying an accredited body |
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Appendix 6A: The BSI Kitemark |
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6A.1 The use of the Kitemark |
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6A.1.1 The Kitemark on a product |
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141 | (1) |
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6A.1.2 The Kitemark on a product sold or advertised under another firm's name |
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142 | (1) |
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6A.1.3 The Kitemark and ISO 9000 |
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142 | (1) |
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6A.2 The French equivalent of the Kitemark |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (6) |
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6B.1 Telecommunications products |
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146 | (1) |
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6B.1.3 The Low Voltage Directive |
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147 | (1) |
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6B.2 Machinery Safety Directive |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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6B.4 Pan-European approval |
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148 | (1) |
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6B.5 Displaying the CE mark |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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Appendix 6C: Certification services for manufacturers of electrical equipment for Canada |
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151 | (1) |
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6C.1 Product certification |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Appendix 6D: The European Organization for Quality |
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152 | (1) |
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Appendix 6E: Standards used for procurement and MOD contracts |
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153 | (1) |
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6E.1 Standards used for procurement |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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Appendix 6F: The EMC Directive |
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154 | (11) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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6F.4 Assessment procedures |
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155 | (1) |
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6F.8 EMC-related standards |
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6F.9 Other related standards |
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160 | (1) |
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6F.10 Enforcement of the EMC Directive |
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161 | (1) |
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6F.11 EMC testing: a comparison of the test alternatives |
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162 | (3) |
Part 7 Availability and Interoperability of Standards |
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7.1 International, regional and national standards |
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166 | (1) |
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7.1.1 International standards |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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7.2 European standardization |
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7.2.2 Data retrieval systems: CD-ROM |
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7.2.3 Databases and on-line information services |
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171 | (1) |
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7.2.3.1 ISONET Information System |
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171 | (1) |
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7.2.4 British Standards Institution |
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7.2.4.1 Library copies of British Standards |
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172 | (2) |
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7.2.4.2 Customer Services and Information Centre |
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7.2.4.4 Language Service Centre |
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7.2.4.9 The BSI electronic book on quality management systems |
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7.2.4.10 BSI contact addresses |
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178 | (2) |
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7.2.5.1 Electronic Quality Assurance Documents Service on CD-ROM |
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7.2.5.2 British Defence Documents Service on CD-ROM |
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7.2.5.3 Nato Documents Service on CD-ROM |
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7.2.5.4 Germany: DIN (Deutsches Institute fur Normung e.V.) standards on CD-ROM |
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7.2.5.5 France: AFNOR (Association Francaise de Normalisation) standards on CD-ROM |
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7.2.5.6 Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) |
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7.2.5.7 Australia: Standards Association of Australia (SAA) |
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7.2.5.8 World-wide Standards Service on CD-ROM |
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7.2.6 Infornorme London Information |
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7.2.6.1 Standards Infodisk |
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7.2.6.2 Standards Express |
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7.2.6.3 ILI's Tailored Updating Service |
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7.2.6.4 ILI's Customized Searches |
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7.2.6.5 International Telegraph and Telephone Consultant Committee Blue Book |
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7.3 Other international standards, specifications, documentation and information |
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7.3.1 IEEE Standards Catalogue |
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7.3.2 The TickIT Scheme for software quality systems |
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195 | (2) |
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7.4 Other National standards |
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197 | (5) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (3) |
References |
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202 | (3) |
Glossary of terms |
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205 | (14) |
Acronyms and abbreviations |
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219 | (5) |
Index |
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