Gold Stack award for National

A National Semiconductor product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Mar 21, 2002

National Semiconductor has received the prestigious gold quality award from Stack International.

National Semiconductor has received the prestigious gold quality award from Stack International.

This is the third time National has been presented with a Stack award.

The company received the association's gold award in 1999 and a bronze award in 2001.

The Stack awards are presented each year to the top three semiconductor manufacturers for consistent achievement and overall performance in meeting the quality, delivery and service criteria of Stack members - which include leading companies in computer, telecommunications, aviation and space and contract manufacturing.

Zia Fatherazi, managing director of Stack, said, "Over the 12 years that the Stack award programme has been running, National Semiconductor has consistently been among the top suppliers to the Stack members.

During the recent industry downturn they have shown their determination to maintain continuous improvement against the Stack supplier performance measurement criteria to once again take the top position".

"Winning the Stack gold award for the second time in four years is truly an honour and reflects the effectiveness of National's ongoing programmes for continuous quality improvement", said Jim Gordon, vice president of worldwide quality and reliability for National Semiconductor.

Over the past four years, National has reduced its overall defect rate by 90% and meets even more stringent quality performance rates of less-than-five parts per million for specific product lines.

Since 1998, National has received 35 awards from its worldwide customer base including several awards for zero defect performance.

"Our people are dedicated to making National Semiconductor the pre-eminent supplier of semiconductor products of the highest quality and reliability", Gordon added.

"These awards are concrete evidence that the dedication of our employees to our quality culture is the differentiating factor in this success.

We continue the journey to be the best".