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Arcadia Parts Inspection & IDEA-STD-1010
The Arcadia Quality Management System ("QMS")
dictates that a rigorous inspection procedure (Product Inspection QSP 824) be
followed for all inbound shipments. Of particular note are the following
elements:
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100% inspection
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Incorporation of IDEA-STD-1010 inspection standard
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Incorporation of ERAI Top-10 inspection guidelines
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Arcadia proprietary counterfeit detection steps
and methodologies
100% Inspection
Arcadia Components inspectors are trained to consider parts
procured in the open market as non-conforming until conformance is clearly
indicated. Although it is understood that the parts are probably exactly what the purchase order contracted for, personnel inspect with caution
and with a healthy degree of suspicion. This approach is exercised so as to
strongly err on the side of quality rather than non-conformance.
100% of
inbound orders/shipments are inspected. 100% of the the lots contained
in such shipments are inspected. 100% of the packages comprising such
lots are inspected.
Incorporation of IDEA-STD-1010 Inspection Standard
Per the
IDEA (Independent Distributors of
Electronics Association) website, "IDEA is
the leading resource for independent distributors to find relevant quality
information and to participate in advancing industry ethics, ensuring customer
satisfaction, establishing standards, and promoting education."
IDEA is
the most widely recognized quality standards body for the independent channel
for electronic components. And the
IDEA-STD-1010 inspection standard is
far and away the most
rigorous, complete, effective, and widely
recognized quality inspection standard in
the industry,
having been endorsed by NASA and every branch of the U.S. military, as well as
a preponderance of leading global
manufacturers of electronics across all industry sectors, ...so much so
that is the only recommended inspection approach for avoiding, detecting, and
mitigating the risks of counterfeits that is cited in the newly published SAE
AS5553 aerospace standard for "Counterfeit
Electronic Parts: Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition".
Arcadia's Quality Management System ("QMS") is in full compliance with
the
IDEA-STD-1010. inspection standard.
Specifically,
the Arcadia QMS incorporates IDEA-STD-1010 in its entirety as part of the
required inspection procedure (Product Inspection QSP 824).
Incorporation of ERAI Top-10 inspection guidelines
ERAI is the de facto industry organization for independent distributors of
electronic components. It is recognized by NASA, every branch of
the U.S. military, and a
preponderance of top global electronics OEMs
and CMs.
ERAI
established a "Top-10 List" of inspection steps in order to properly assure
product conformance to customer requirements. The steps have been widely
adopted by leading independent distributors of electronic components,
including Arcadia, which has a QMS that is in full compliance with the ERAI
Top-10 List.
Arcadia Proprietary Inspection Methodologies for Counterfeit Detection
IDEA-STD-1010 represents the cornerstone of the Arcadia inspection process.
However, above and beyond those steps prescribed by IDEA 1010, Arcadia, over the
course of its company history since 1994, has also developed, codified, and
implemented an additional series of counterfeit and authenticity detection
steps that it incorporates into every shipment inspection. These steps
include myriad physical analyses, digital microscopy, proprietary databases of
parts photos and spec sheets, chemical analyses, and destructive analysis --
using both internal and external resources, tools, equipment and expertise.
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