TITLE: Exar Quality Manual
SPEC #: QA031
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Exar Corporation
Quality Manual
Exar Corporation
48720 Kato Road
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: (510) 668-7000
Fax: (510) 668-7001
Executive Quality Improvement Team Commitment
This quality manual provides a statement of our quality policy and an overview of our quality
management system. It is intended to provide our employees and our Customers with an understanding
of our commitment to quality, and delegates the necessary authority to personnel implementing the
policy. The members of the Executive Staff retain overall responsibility for the system, as defined in this
document.
TITLE: Exar Quality Manual
SPEC #: QA031
REV: VV
PAGE
2 of 23
FOR REFERENCE ONLY
ISO9001 Standard Requirements
Referenced Sections
Exar Quality Manual
Page Number
1.0 Introduction 4
2.0 Exar Organization Chart
5
3.0 Quality Management System Processes
6
3.1 Quality Management System Description 7
4.0 Quality Management System – General Requirements 4 8
General Requirements
Documentation Requirements
4.1
4.2
8
General 4.2.1 8
Quality Manual 4.2.2 8
Control of Documents 4.2.3 8
Control of Records 4.2.4 8
5.0 Management Responsibility 5 10
Management Commitment 5.1 10
Customer Focus 5.2 10
Quality Policy 5.3 10
Planning
Quality Objective
Quality Management System Planning
5.4
5.4.1
5.4.2
10
Responsibility, Authority and Communication
Responsibility and Authority
Management Representative
Internal Communication
5.5
5.5.1
5.5.2
5.5.3
11
Management Review
General
Review Input
Review Output
5.6
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.6.3
15
6.0 Resource Management 6 16
Provision of Resources
Human Resources
General
6.1
6.2
6.2.1
16
Competence, Awareness and Training 6.2.2 16
Infrastructure 6.3 16
Work Environment 6.4 16
7.0 Product Realization 7 17
Planning of Product Realization 7.1 17
Customer Related Processes 7.2 17
Determination of Requirements Related to the Product 7.2.1 17
Review of Requirements Related to the Product 7.2.2 17
Customer Communication 7.2.3 18
Design and Development 7.3 18
Design and Development Planning 7.3.1 18
Design and Development Inputs 7.3.2 18
Design and Development Outputs 7.3.3 18
Design and Development Review 7.3.4 18
Design and Development Verification 7.3.5 18
Design and Development Validation 7.3.6 19
Control of Design and Development Changes 7.3.7 19
Purchasing 7.4 19
Purchasing Process 7.4.1 19
Purchasing Information 7.4.2 19
Verification of Purchased Product 7.4.3 19
Production and Service Provision 7.5 20
Control of Production and Service Provision 7.5.1 20
Validation of Processes for Production/Service Provision 7.5.2 20
Identification and Traceability 7.5.3 20
Customer Property 7.5.4 20
Preservation of Product 7.5.5 20
Control of Monitoring and Measuring Equipment 7.6 21
8.0 Measurement, Analysis and Improvement 8 23
General 8.1 23
Monitoring and Measurement 8.2 23
Customer Satisfaction 8.2.1 23
Internal Audit 8.2.2 23
Monitoring and Measurement of Processes 8.2.3 23
Monitoring and Measurement of Product 8.2.4 23