Increasing technology requirements and shrinking margins mean that your printed circuit board supply base can impact your product's quality and reliability more than ever before.

Qualifying board suppliers has always been based on instinct, relationships, and limited data.    Supplier audits are important but expensive, and generally result in your supplier’s showing you their best face.  How confident are you in your qualification process?

Do you want to maximize your efforts, and access market critical information quickly and easily?  A subscription to the IPC Process Capability, Quality, and Relative Reliability (PCQR²) Database will allow you to:

1. Statistically benchmark your board suppliers' capabilities
   

2. Perform intelligent sourcing
   

3. Select new suppliers
   

4. Ensure design for manufacturability
   

5. Establish realistic design rules
   

This extensive supply chain management resource is based on industry developed test patterns, proven test methods, and statistical analysis techniques.  The program provides quantitative data used to compare and contrast the capability, quality, and reliability demonstrated by printed circuit board suppliers.

More Information:

1. Subscribers
   

2. Suppliers
   

3. Brochure
   

4. Frequently Asked Questions
   

5. IPC 9151B
   

6. Request a Quotation