Quality
Overview
AS9120
ISO 9001
ERAI
AS5553
IDEA-STD-1010
ESD2020 / JEDEC
Quality Mgt. System

 "Just
as one year in a dogs life is equivalent to 7 years in a human life, one year
in the high-technology business is like seven years in any other industry."
--
Regis
McKenna |
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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Arcadia TrueBlue
56Ô
Parts Inspection -- 56 proprietary counterfeit detection steps, methodologies,
and procedures
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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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Inspection as only one part of the overall
Counterfeit Detection and Avoidance Policy
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.
Arcadia Proprietary "TrueBlue 56Ô
Parts Inspection" 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 56 counterfeit and authenticity detection
steps (separate from
the 72-step IDEA-1010 inspection standard)
that it incorporates into every shipment inspection. These 56
steps and the associated techniques and methodologies are referred to as
Arcadia's "TrueBlue 56Ô
Parts Inspection". They
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.
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.
Inspection as only One Part of Counterfeit Detection and Avoidance
The
Arcadia QMS procedure "Counterfeit Part Prevention & Control Policy"
(QSP-741), details the process by which Arcadia employees
in various departments are required to actively participate in the
counterfeit avoidance process. Inspection is only one part of that.
Virtually every part of Arcadia's Quality Management System is addressed, in order to achieve the objectives of
counterfeit avoidance, detection, mitigation and disposition -- including
vendor selection and management, receiving, quality assurance and inspection,
shipping, customer management, communication and notification, and
participation in industry counterfeit measures via
ERAI, IDEA,
GIDEP, and other
industry organizations.
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