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News Release from: National Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 May 2006
Quality system upgrades to automotive
standard
With a broad analogue portfolio of automotive-ready products, National Semiconductor has now received ISO/TS16949 certification.
National Semiconductor has received ISO/TS16949 certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Certification The certification includes requirements of the ISO9001:2000 standard as well as ISO/TS16949:2002
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The TS16949 standard meets the stringent quality requirements of automotive customers.
Members of the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) developed the TS16949 quality management standard for the design, production, installation and servicing of automotive-related products.
The IATF mandates that suppliers meet these quality-standard requirements in order to supply parts to its members, an ad-hoc, worldwide group of automotive manufacturers and trade associations whose common goal is to improve the quality of products to automotive customers.
National has supplied semiconductor chips to the automotive market since silicon made its first appearance in vehicles more than four decades ago.
With a broad analogue portfolio of automotive-ready products, National's chips can be found in nearly every automobile subsystem.
Its power management technology, high-speed data conversion and interface products, precision operational amplifiers, temperature sensors and display drivers provide the key components for a range of systems from today's car alarms to emerging systems such as telematics, infotainment, driver information and automation systems, wireless connectivity, in-vehicle networking and drive-by-wire.
Structured around the "plan, do, check, act" quality improvement model, the TS16949 requires that companies implement a continual improvement process that emphasises process definition, management oversight and customer satisfaction.
"This certification is another step in National's ongoing quality improvement programme, which we started with our initial certification to the ISO9000 standards family in 1991", said Gerry Fields, Vice President of National's Worldwide Quality Network.
"Although driven by the automotive industry, the TS16949 standard benefits all of our customers by focusing on customer satisfaction and the superior quality of our products".
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