CTG leads the industry in certifications

CTG employs this Aerospace standard to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements and aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of this system, this includes process for continual improvement and assurance of conformity to customer and regulatory requirements.

Quality model focused around the design, development, production, installation and servicing of customer products, implementation of a stringent requirement of set processes developed for risk management, continuous improvement and a focus on customer and industry developments on product requirements.

CTG recognizes the needs for international imposed quality management system described within this certification requirement; ensuring the core competencies for Automotive and Aerospace are met including continuous improvement and configuration management. The usage of the “Plan, Do, Check, Act” process to summarize how it can be applied to all processes to increase production and reduce waste.

As applicable to the FAA AC 00-56, CTG ensures the highest quality and integrity of all civil aviation products; including testing, inspection and validation of authenticity and traceability are available and in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

Although the program is a voluntary step for civil aircraft distribution, CTG has elected to comply with such requirements to ensure customer requirements are met and exceeded for product eligibility, quality, identification, testing and inspection and reporting of Suspect Unapproved Parts (SUP) to all agencies. CTG provides the comfort to their customers ensuring all Advisory Circulars and Advisory Directives are followed pertaining to the procurement and sales of such product.

To comply with this standard, CTG ensures the continued development and requirements per FAA’s established guidelines. CTG’s developed process ensures shipping, receiving, serviceable parts, non serviceable parts, quarantine locations, organization and clean developed work areas are efficient to reduce risks for civil aircraft components.

Through this certification, CTG ensures the integrity of all electric, electronic, electromechanical (EEE) products inspected/tested within CTG’s laboratory. The program plan develops a strong competency for training, handling, storage, transportation and shipping of such devices and ensuring such sensitive devices remain within technical and specification requirements per manufacturers tolerance. This requirement was initially developed by the United States Department of Defense, who has now adopted the ESD program as a requirement.

The set forth requirements provides a detailed analysis for component testing and verification and ensures a strict guideline for product which would be deemed suspect / fraudulent / counterfeit. The standard provides CTG the edge on Component verification, training, Reliability Analysis and detailed test analysis with Acceptance and Rejection criterias. Added amongst various other standards, this ensures CTG’s customers of authentic products.

IDEA–QMS-9090 Quality Management System was developed to specific requirements and practices of Independent Distributors of Electronic components can utilize to help ensure that they meet and exceed customer requirements. These requirements and practices serve to address many of the unique testing and validation per IDEA–STD-1010. With the detailed training program established within the standard, each inspector and technician are also independently certified to IDEA–ICE-3000, accrediting each individual validating product as a certified member to accept or reject product.

DLA Land & Maritime conducted an extensive on-site assessment of CTG’s capabilities including laboratory practices and awarded approval on the basis of CTG’s Quality Management System and inspection and testing protocols and added CTG as an approved distributor for product without direct manufacturer’s traceability, ensuring product authentication and validation is completed and test requirements are met for FSC 5961(semiconductors) and FSC 5962(microcircuits).

DLA Land & Maritime conducted an extensive on-site assessment of CTG’s capabilities and awarded approval on the basis of CTG’s Quality Management System and inspection protocols and added CTG as an approved distributor for stock classes 5961 (semiconductors) and 5962(microcircuits).

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Industrial Hardware Supply Chain conducted an extensive on-site assessment of CTG’s capability and awarded approval on the basis of CTG’s Quality Management System and inspection protocols and added CTG as an approved distributor for Class 2 and 3 Fasteners, Rivets and Quick Release Pins.

CTG is pleased to announce we are a Certified Partner in the Custom Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program (CTPAT) granted by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. We continue to demonstrate excellence in supply chain security practices, and our security measures have been declared effective by CTPAT’s standards. This new certification will allow CTG to benefit from reduced cargo exams, training and sharing of information, which means less lead time on the quality parts you need.

IDEA is a global trade association compromised of organizations such as CTG dedicated to quality initiatives that provide responsible procurement solutions to the supply chain. The membership employs a comprehensive approach that focuses on programs and best practices that establish and increase quality standards, provide industry with a conduit to improve the access to and sharing of relevant knowledge and advance industry ethics and integrity.

Available to all companies in the electronics supply chain. CTG ensures communication within the supply chain for known issues, fraudulent / counterfeit product and in general, validation of supply chain resources to ensure risk and severity levels for products and sub-tier services.