1. IECQ a short history IEC e-Learning module Module 31 – unit 04

2. IECQ a short history IEC e-Learning module Module 31 – unit 04
Welcome to the IEC e-learning course.
This is Unit 4 of Module 31.
The title of this unit is:
IECQ a short history.
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Short History of IECEE
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4. Short History of IECEE
IECQ History
IEC Origins
“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know
something about it; but when you cannot express
it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and
unsatisfactory kind ”
- Lord Kelvin (1824–1907)
Lord William Thomson Kelvin was the founding father of the IEC.
Like many who followed him, Lord Kelvin understood the value created by testing and measurement.
Standards provide ideal numbers, testing and measurement provide actual real numbers.
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IECQ History
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6. IECQ History Genesis 1950s & 60s
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Genesis
1950s & 60s
Defence industry’s need for consistent standardized components
Civil industry need for consistent standardized components
Formalised quality assurance owes its conception to the defence industry’s need for consistent and standardized electrical components.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in order to supply the Ministry of Defence, or MoD, in the United Kingdom, a company had to write up the procedures for making its product, then have those procedures inspected by the MoD and finally ensure that its workers followed the procedures as published .
During that period, the concept of quality assurance spread beyond the domain of the military and in 1966, for example, the UK Government conducted the first national campaign for quality and reliability under the slogan “Quality is everyone’s business.”
However, by this time, suppliers were being audited and assessed by any number of their customers, and it was widely recognised that such duplication of effort involved a chronic waste of time and money.
 Component suppliers continuously
being audited by multiple customers
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Genesis
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8. IECQ History Genesis UK Government 1966  BSI BS 9000
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Genesis
UK Government
 Suppliers’ methods should be
assessed against generic standards
1966  BSI BS 9000
Progress was made in the United Kingdom, during the 1960s, when a UK Government committee report recommended that suppliers’ methods should be assessed against a generic standard of quality assurance.
In 1966, BSI, the British Standards Institute, published the first UK standard for quality assurance, BS 9000, developed specifically for the electronics industry.
Incidentally, after a few iterations, BS 9000 eventually became ISO 9000, which was first published in 1987.
(BS 9000  ISO 9000 in 1987)
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9. Short History of IECEE
IECQ History
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10. CECC Mark of Conformity
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IECQ History
Precursor
1970
 CECC  Europe
CECC Mark of Conformity
Harmonized quality assessment system
Electronic components
Facilitate trade
In 1970, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standards, CENELEC, founded the CENELEC Electronic Components Committee, or CECC.
CECC was created to develop a harmonized quality assessment system for electronic components, with the objective of facilitating trade through harmonization of the specifications and quality assessment procedures for such components.
CECC established a Mark of Conformity for recognition of approved products.
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12. IECQ History Initial Driver CECC too regional 1974  IECQ established
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IECQ History
Initial Driver
CECC too regional
1974  IECQ established
1982  IECQ operational
In the 1970s, the CECC was perceived as a regional quality assessment system, and the need was expressed for an equivalent international framework.
From 1971 to 1974, discussions were held concerning the need for a global conformity assessment service modelled on the CECC.
In 1974 the IECQ was established, but it took another eight years of discussions and negotiations among sector stakeholders, and the development of Basic Rules, Rules of Procedure and Operational Documents, before the IECQ began functioning in 1982.
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14. IECQ History Merger & Reorganisation 1993 – 2003 2003 merger
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IECQ History
Merger & Reorganisation
1993 – 2003
 merger discussions
2003 merger
 IECQ-CECC formed
2005 renamed
Discussions to merge the CECC and IECQ began in 1993 and were finalized in 2003, with the formation of IECQ-CECC.
The full absorption of the CECC into the IECQ was completed in 2005, when the name was changed from IECQ-CECC to simply IECQ.
In the same year a full revision and restructuring of scheme management documents was undertaken, so as to better align the scheme with the other IEC CA Systems. This revision and document restructuring was completed in 2011.
 IECQ
2005 – 2011
 document restructuring
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IECQ History
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16. Short History of IECEE
IECQ History
Timeline
IECQ established
Management documentation review and restructuration
CECC created
Simplified to IECQ
IECQ operational
1970
1974
1982
2005
2011
1966
1971
1974
1993
2003
Publication of the British standard BS 9000 in 1966 paved the way for consistent and standardized assessment of the quality systems of electronic component suppliers.
In 1970 the CENELEC Electronic Components Committee, or CECC, was created to assess electronic component suppliers in Europe.
From 1971 to 1974 discussions were held to create an international version of the CECC, resulting in the establishment of the IECQ in 1974.
After 8 years of further discussions, negotiations and creation of management documents, the IECQ became operational in 1982.
From 1993 to 2003 discussions were held to merge CECC with IECQ.
In 2003 the merger took place, forming IECQ-CECC.
In 2005 the name of the committee was simplified to IECQ,
and a review and restructuring of the management documents was undertaken, a process completed in 2011.
Discussions to merge IECQ & CECC
Discussions to create IECQ
Merger creates
IECQ-CECC
BS 9000
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18. IECQ System Certification Services Process Type assessment testing
IECQ AP scheme X
IECQ AC scheme X X
IECQ AQP scheme X X
IECQ LED scheme X X
The IECQ provides a wide range of certification services in different sectors, but all are based on two fundamental schemes:
the IECQ Approved Process scheme, or IECQ AP scheme, and
the IECQ Approved Component scheme, or IECQ AC scheme.
The other services provided essentially involve application of these two base schemes, either alone or in combination, to address specific sectorial needs.
At the time this e-learning unit was created, the other IECQ CA schemes included
the Automotive Qualification Programme, or IECQ AQP,
the IECQ scheme for LED Lighting, or IECQ LED;
the IECQ Avionic & Defence High Performance scheme, or IECQ ADHP;
the IECQ Counterfeit Avoidance Programme, or IECQ CAP; and
the IECQ Hazardous Substances Process Management scheme, or IECQ HSPM.
IECQ ADHP scheme X
IECQ CAP scheme X
IECQ HSPM scheme X
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19. IECQ System
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20. 12 participating countries
IECQ System
12 participating countries
Members
Denmark
China
France
Germany
Austria
Australia
Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States
Japan
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
As of the 2nd quarter of 2016, 12 countries were participating in the IECQ.
Follow the link to see current membership:
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