Companies manufacturing all sorts of products use Quality assurance (QA) to prevent errors and mistakes in their products and ensure flawless product deliveries to their customers. This willimprovecustomer satisfaction and reducethe need for after-salestroubleshooting and support.

QA give companies get a systematic process to find outif their products meet what is required. QA defines requirements for developing and manufacturing reliable products.A driving force behind QA is the ISO(International Organization for Standardization). ISOhas developed the ISO 9000international standard, on which many companies base their QA system.

QA testing is done during and after development andprovidesinformationtodevelopers if changes or improvements are required.During product development the development team will do thorough testing of the product, covering e.g. functional and stress testing of the basic functionality of the product. QA testing of physical products normally includes stress testing of a number of environmental conditions.QA tests that may be conducted include:

• EMC Tests •Mechanical Tests
• Thermal/Humidity Tests
• Hi-Pot Tests
• Sand and Dust Tests
• Salt Spray Tests