Certifications and standards
A program starts with the standards it has to meet. Here are the standards Jack builds to, how the certificate for your program is covered, and the independent lab reports already on file. You get the document itself, not a logo on a web page.
Independent lab reports on file
TÜV SÜD is one of the largest independent testing and certification bodies in the world. These are reports on programs Jack managed, not a factory brochure. A certificate also has to belong to the plant that makes your part: factory or trading company, four checks before you pay.
Transit test · passed
Retail boxes on two programs Jack managed passed ISTA 6-Amazon.com-SIOC: drops, vibration and compression, run the way a parcel network handles a box. The boxes are part of the custom retail packaging Jack runs.
Materials screening · passed
A Taiwan-made household product was screened for lead, cadmium, phthalates and BPA against California Proposition 65 limits, and passed on each substance tested.
Standards we build to
Most programs need a quality system behind the factory and a test in front of the buyer. Jack places each program with a partner factory that holds the certificate your buyer asks for, or arranges the audit or the lab test for it. The certificate belongs to the factory or the lab that issued it, and you see it before you commit.
These seals are illustrations of standards we can source to, not certification marks. They are JCH drawings of each standard's name. They are not the certification marks of ISO, UL, FSC, OEKO-TEX or any other body, and JCH does not hold these certificates itself. Which factory certificate or lab report covers your program is confirmed in writing, with the document, before an order is placed.
The systems behind the plant, and the standard its boards are judged by.
Quality management: the factory's processes for making parts right, audited by a third party.
Factory system
Environmental management: how the plant controls waste, emissions and chemicals.
Factory system
Occupational health and safety management on the factory floor.
Factory system
The automotive quality system, built on ISO 9001, for parts that go into vehicles.
Factory system
Quality management for medical devices and their components.
Factory system
The acceptance standard for soldered circuit boards: what a good joint looks like, class by class.
WorkmanshipWhat a product has to pass before it sells in the United States or the EU.
Product safety testing and listing for the US market, common for anything that plugs in or holds a battery.
Product test
US rules on radio-frequency emissions from electronic devices.
Product test
The EU conformity marking: the product meets the directives that apply to it.
Product test
EU limits on lead, mercury, cadmium and other restricted substances in electronics.
Product test
EU rules on chemicals in articles, including the substances of very high concern list.
Product testCalifornia's list of chemicals that need a warning; a lab screen shows where a product stands.
Report on fileTransit, paper, textiles, working conditions, and where it was made.
Amazon's ships-in-own-container transit test: drops, vibration and compression.
Report on file
Chain of custody for paper, board and wood from responsibly managed forests.
Certificate
Textiles and trims tested for harmful substances (Standard 100), a common ask on sewn goods.
Certificate
A social audit of working conditions, wages and hours at the factory.
Factory audit
Sedex's ethical trade audit: labor, health and safety, environment and business ethics.
Factory audit
Trade Agreements Act: Taiwan is a designated country, so Taiwan-made goods can be offered to US federal buyers.
OriginOn each program
A certificate says a factory can make good parts. These checks say your parts were made well. That work is line watch; terms such as AQL and first article inspection are defined in the glossary.
Tell Jack which standard your buyer or retailer names: ISO, UL, FCC, ISTA, Prop 65, CPSIA, REACH, OEKO-TEX or their own spec. He will say which certificate covers it, what testing the program needs and what it costs, before anything is made. The RFQ checklist lists what to name up front.
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