Research Links for Quality Improvement Projects

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Use these valuable links to research for your quality improvement project.

American Institute of Steel Construction, www.aisc.org - AISC

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Electronic Standard Store

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, www.asme.org - ASME

American Society for Nondestructive Testing, www.asnt.org - ASNT

American Society for Testing and Materials, www.astm.org - ASTM Search Engine

American Welding Society, www.aws.org - AWS

Assist On-Line is a free on-line service that will help you find procedures and forms for failure mode analysis, sampling plans and qualified uppliers (look inside the QPL). You can use the service to find and determine the current status of a variety of government specs such as MIL, AN, MS and FED - you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download their docs.

Popular specs from Assist On-Line include:
MIL-STD-105E - Sampling Plan / Acceptance Quality Level (AQL) [2.9MB] - this spec was replaced by ANSI Z1.4 but the Government suggests using:
MIL-STD-1916 - Statistical Process Control [169KB]
MIL-HDBK-1916 [1.5MB] - this is a companion handbook

ANSI/ASQ Z 1.4 Sampling Plan - this is a link to the ANSI Webstore - type-in the phrase ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2003 into their search engine to retrieve a link to purchase the sampling plan

MIL-STD-45662A, Calibration System [418KB]

Here's a helpful hint for using Assist On-Line:

Keep in mind that Societies are adopting many Government specifications, which means you will have to pay for the sponsored document. To find the free Government version of many society specifications, type-in a spec number in the <Document Number> field on the ASSIST search page. If you don't know the spec number then use the <Title> field on the search page and type-in a couple of keywords. For instance, SAE AMS STD 2219 used to be MIL-STD-2219 - type-in 2219 in the <Document Number> field or type-in fusion welding in the <Title> field. The free version of the Government's canceled specification may not be the latest release, but...

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, www.aami.org - AAMI

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, www.phppo.cdc.gov/clia/regs/toc.asp
42 CFR Part 493

Code of Federal Regulations - National Archives and Records Administration

Construction Specifications Institute, www.csinet.org
CSI's goal is to help everyone in non-residential building design and construction come together to work smarter instead of harder.

DD250 Material Inspection and Receiving Report
Well, the DD250 tried to become obsolete on August 1, 2005 - most of the time you need to use "electronic payment".
Click the following links to process your Material Inspection and Receiving Report:
Wide Area Workflow Receipt and Acceptance (WAWF-RA) (ignore the security certificate error message)
Web Invoicing System (WInS)

Defense Distribution Center, Distribution Planning & Management System, www.ddc.dla.mil/DPMSUser/VendorApp1.asp
DDC - DPMS
Provides 2D barcode labels and exterior shipping labels at no charge but an account is required - allow ten days after signup.
(NOTE: ignore the security certificate error message)

Department of Defense Forms Program

Department of Defense Specification Services (DoDSSP), http://dodssp.daps.dla.mil/

DLA Forms, http://forms.daps.dla.mil/ - Defense Logistics Agency - Forms (ignore the security certificate error message)

DLA Navy Directives, http://doni.daps.dla.mil

FAA Forms, http://forms.faa.gov - free download in PDF format

FAA Regulatory and Guidance Library

FAA Flight Standards Information Management System, http://fsims.faa.gov/

FDA - HACCP, http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/haccp.html
Hazard analysis critical control point plans

National Sanitation Foundation International, http://www.nsf.org
The public health and safety company that is certified by ANSI to produce American national standards

NSF Standards and Publications, provided by www.techstreet.com/nsfgate.html

Document Resources - purchase standards on-line:

Document Center
Document Engineering
Global Engineering
Standards Store
TechStreet

Document Center, www.document-center.com
Document Center Inc. - Supplying Electronic and Paper Copies from AIA to NFPA

Document Engineering Company Inc., www.doceng.com
Provides hardcopy and downloadable documents from every major Society

DSCC, www.dscc.dla.mil/programs/milspec/
Defense Supply Center Columbus - Index of MIL-Specs

DSCC, www.dscc.dla.mil/search
Defense Supply Center Columbus - Search Center

DSCR, www.dscr.dla.mil/userweb/dscrbat/qaps.htm
Defense Supply Center Richmond - Quality Assurance Provisions (QAP's)

DSCR - www.dscr.dla.mil/dscrquicklinks.asp
Defense Supply Center Richmond - links to all their utilities

EASA - FAQ, www.easa.europa.eu/ws_prod/index.html
European Aviation Safety Agency

Electrostatic Discharge Association - www.esda.org - ESD Standards

FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulations, www.arnet.gov/far/   - click on title <HTML Format> under heading "Current FAR" for quick access to complete list of Regulations

General Services Administration, www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/formsWelcome.do
GSA Government Web Forms

Global Engineering Documents, http://global.ihs.com/
Commercial supplier for every known specification

Government Quality Assurance Provisions, www.dscp.dla.mil/gi/prod_services/qaphome.htm - QAP's

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, www.ieee.org - IEEE

JEDEC, www.jedec.org
Joint Electron Device Engineering Council - the semiconductor engineering standardization body of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), a trade association that represents all areas of the electronics industry.

Juran Institute, www.juran.com - a treasure of research papers regarding quality control in industry - free sign-up required

Military Shipping Label, www.ddc.dla.mil/DPMSUser/VendorApp1.asp
Distribution, Planning and Management System for on-line creation of MSL with 2-D barcode. Use this link to create an account then wait up to 10 days for response - ignore website's security certificate warnings

MIL-STD-2073 Packaging Specification Code Lookup Utility, www.palm.saic.com/code_lookup.nsf/codecheck
Program and Logistics Management online conversion of contract packaging codes

NSN Search Utilities (National Stock Number):
Fort Monmouth - http://lrc3.monmouth.army.mil/nsn/index.cfm - search NSN database
Defense Supply Center Columbus - www.dscc.dla.mil/search - links to all their utilities
Defense Supply Center Richmond - www.dscr.dla.mil/dscrquicklinks.asp - links to all their utilities

Packaging Specifications, Standards and Manuals, www.dscc.dla.mil/offices/packaging/specstdslist.html

Specialty Graphic Imaging Association, www.sgia.org - SGIA

Society of Automotive Engineers, www.sae.org - SAE

Standards Store, www.standardsstore.ca
Whether you are looking for international, foreign national or Canadian standards, StandardsStore.ca is an easy and efficient means of access to many of the tools needed to compete in today's global markets.

TechRepublic, www.techrepublic.com - serves the needs of the professional - representing all segments of the IT industry - providing information and tools for support and professional advice by job function.

TechStreet, www.techstreet.com - provides mission-critical information resources and information management tools for technical professionals.

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