Featured in Spotlight on quality – 04-2021

Time to standardize

Not all quality control plans, processes and agreements are created equal, writes Frédéric Dross, the VP of strategic development for Senergy Technical Services (STS). Indeed, developers can find themselves saddled with agreements that allow unacceptably low levels of quality, unless they have followed standards.

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pv magazine

07 Apr 2021

Image: STS

In October 2020, a North American developer was ready to sign a purchase agreement with a Southeast Asian manufacturer. The module maker seemed serious about quality; they even forwarded the quality control plan (QCP) that they intend to roll out during production. Nonetheless, the developer was about to sign a contract that wouldn’t protect it …

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