Chelsea, MA 02150-3820
Chelsea, Supplier Quality Notes
Suppliers and sub-contractors are required to adhere to the following requirements as a minimum
and to flow down these requirements to their suppliers/sub-contractors as a condition of doing
business with Eaton’s Chelsea, MA facility.
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1 – QMS (AN): Suppliers to the Chelsea, MA facility are expected at a minimum to be certified
to ISO9001-2008. Evidence of third party registration is to be provided upon request. Suppliers
currently entered into our ERP system are considered to be “grandfathered”. New suppliers not
registered to ISO9001, AS, etc. must be approved in advance. Preference will be given to new
suppliers that are ISO, AS, etc. certified. A supplier audit may be performed as a condition of
doing business or continuing business with the Chelsea, MA facility.
2 - Counterfeit Materials (WE): Suppliers shall have processes and controls to ensure that no
counterfeit material is delivered. In order to minimize potential for counterfeit parts in our
product, purchased material shall be procured only from approved OEM’s, or authorized
distributors. Suppliers are required to participate in the Government-Industry Data Exchange
Program (GIDEP). All parts must be accompanied by a certificate of conformance (C of C)
from the part distributor or manufacturer for traceability. The C of C must contain at a minimum
the applicable specification, drawing number, part number, revision, and quantity; name of
manufacturer, lot/batch number, or date or serial number and purchase order (PO) number.
Inspection and test data is to be retained for ten years and to be made available upon request.
Special process certificate of assurance (C of A) is to be included with the C of C if applicable.
Certificate of conformance or assurance are to be signed and dated.
The Eaton-Chelsea, MA plant will participate in the GIDEP program for review and reporting of
counterfeit parts.
In the event of a suspected counterfeit part, Eaton-Chelsea, MA employee(s) shall notify the
Inspection and Purchasing supervisors as soon as possible for MRB disposition. Employees
involved with purchasing and inspection of incoming parts will be trained in counterfeit parts
avoidance and monitoring using SAE AS5553 Counterfeit Electronic Parts Avoidance,
Detection, Mitigation and Disposition as a guide.
Form3001
30 January 2015
Chelsea, MA 02150-3820
Chelsea, Supplier Quality Notes
Suppliers and sub-contractors are required to adhere to the following requirements as a minimum
and to flow down these requirements to their suppliers/sub-contractors as a condition of doing
business with Eaton’s Chelsea, MA facility.
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3 - Right of Access: Customer or customer representative shall be afforded the right to verify at
your facility that the products you are manufacturing or processing conform to specified
requirements. The US government or representative also has the right to perform an inspection
at the seller’s facility in order to insure compliance to requirements in fulfillment of a
government contract.
4 - Special processes (JY): Special process suppliers MUST be customer or NADCAP
approved for the SPECIFIED process. This includes coatings, painting, plating, heat treating,
etc. Each shipment shall include a signed certification of analysis, C of A indicating the
material number, description, specification and actual test results. A statement or certificate of
compliance (C of C) is not an acceptable substitute for a C of A.
5 - Shelf life: All items with limited shelf life shall be clearly marked with the manufactures
name, type of material, shelf life and date of manufacture. Shelf life must be a minimum of 75%
remaining, or as specified in the purchase order.
6 – Certificate of Conformance, Compliance (QL, UK): Each shipment shall include a signed
certification indicating the material number and revision, description, lot number and
specification with traceability to the OEM.
7 – Specialty Metals: DFARS 252.225.xxxx applies
8 – Connector Protection (MS): Each shipment and component is to be sufficiently protected
to prevent damage and foreign object debris (FOD) during assembly, test, storage and test.
9 – Foreign Object Debris (FOD): The product or processes supplied shall be produced in an
environment that is free of foreign objects. Effective FOD prevention practices shall be utilized.
10 – Records Retention (G4): Suppliers records of product, process control and quality records
must be retained for ten (10) years or as specified in the contract or purchase order and be made
available upon request. The records should be sufficient to determine that the product or service
provided meets the specified requirements.
11 – Conflict Materials: Suppliers are required to conform to the requirements of the DoddFrank Act regarding “conflict minerals”.
Form3001
30 January 2015
Chelsea, MA 02150-3820
Chelsea, Supplier Quality Notes
Suppliers and sub-contractors are required to adhere to the following requirements as a minimum
and to flow down these requirements to their suppliers/sub-contractors as a condition of doing
business with Eaton’s Chelsea, MA facility.
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12 – Soldering Requirements (CX): The default requirement is IPC-J-STD-001, class 3 unless
otherwise specified.
13 – Workmanship: Workmanship is to be compliant with IPC-A-620, class 3; or as specified
in the purchase order or contract.
14 – Packaging: The use of friable packaging that can contribute to the generation of foreign
object debris (FOD), i.e. Styrofoam “peanuts”, excelsior, etc.; is prohibited for product shipped
to Chelsea.
Form 3001 – Chelsea, Supplier Quality Notes
Date
9/22/14
Change
Internal release
Approved
J. Galli
C. Leva
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9/23/14
10/1/14
Editorial, branding changes as recommended by CA
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“In the intro, change “the Eaton Interconnect (EI), Chelsea,
MA facility” to “Eaton’s Chelsea, MA facility”
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Remove all “EI” references in the body of this document.
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In case I missed any, remove all “Eaton Interconnect”
references from the body of this document.”
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Removed customer hyperlink
Renamed DFARs clause to Specialty Metals and changed
clause numbering from DFARs.252.225.7014 to
DFARs.252.225.xxxx per DFARs change notice from
252.225-7014 to 252.225.7009
vgd
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10/24/14 Loose packaging materials (FOD) prohibition
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3/13/15
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Form3001
Updated counterfeit materials section 2 for traceability
improvement per customers’ requirement
30 January 2015