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3.5 Certification. The qualifying activity shall verify that the manufacturer's quality system and device verification
system meet 4.1, 4.2, and, if applicable, 4.4, and that the manufacturer is producing devices which meet 3.3. Wafer
fabrication and assembly operations shall be performed in a facility or facilities certified by the qualifying activity for
the applicable technology to the applicable level. The two levels of certification available are (JAN, JANTX, JANTXV)
certification and (JANS) certification. There are two options for obtaining certification from the qualifying activity,
either Quality Management Program of appendix C or to the Quality System of appendix D. Each manufacturer's
certification status is listed in QML-19500. Re-audits are required to maintain certification and qualification. The
standard re-audit frequency is two years. This certification period may be extended or reduced by the qualifying
activity depending on past audit performance and other quality issues. A manufacturer seeking certification should
refer to the qualifying activity's' certification and qualification information for manufactures' handbook. Initial and
continued certification of the basic plant or any certified facility will depend on past audit performance and other
quality and specification issues (i.e. alerts, redesigns, staffing, process, audit history, corrective action history, and
design control). The qualifying activity may perform drop-in audits and problem audits as necessary without prior
notification.
3.5.1 Transitional certification to appendix C. Manufacturers may be granted transitional certification to appendix
C once the manufacturer has completed an audit to appendix C, and has submitted a plan to the qualifying activity
and preparing activity for achieving full appendix C implementation. The plan will include self audit results and
milestones identifying the tasks necessary for appendix C compliance. As a minimum, the manufacturer will have
implemented C.3.1. The transitional certification will be based on a commitment by the manufacturer to become
appendix C certified and if the commitment is not met, the qualifying activity reserves the right to remove the
transitional certification.
3.5.2 DMS approval. This provision was created to provide sources of supply for difficult procurement situations.
A DMS source has a verification system that qualifies devices for listing based on MIL-STD-750 laboratory suitability
and a limited approval of all the quality system requirements that pertain to laboratory suitability, as follows:
a.
Conversion of specification sheet requirements (see D.3.3).
b.
Document control (see D.3.5) including production travelers.
c.
Product identification and traceability (see D.3.8).
d.
Inspection and test (see D.3.10).
e.
Control of measuring and test equipment (see D.3.11).
f.
Inspection and test status (see D.3.12).
g.
Handling, storage, packaging, and delivery (see D.3.15).
h.
Quality records (see D.3.16).
i.
Internal quality audits (see D.3.17).
j.
Training (see D.3.18).
In addition, the following shall be addressed as they apply to inspection and test:
k.
Management responsibility (see D.3.1.1, D.3.1.2, D.3.1.3.3, D.3.1.3.4, D.3.1.4, D.3.1.5, D.3.1.6).
l.
Quality system (see D.3.2.1, D.3.2.2, D.3.2.3).
m. Control of non-conforming product (see D.3.13).
n.
Corrective and preventative action (see D.3.14).
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